Cornelis | |
Office: | Governor of West Kalimantan |
Term Start: | 14 January 2008 |
Term End: | 14 January 2018 |
President: | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
Deputy: | Christiandy Sanjaya |
Predecessor: | Usman Ja'far |
Successor: | Dody Riyadmadji (acting) Sutarmidji |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1953 |
Birth Place: | Sanggau, West Kalimantan, Indonesia |
Party: | PDI-P |
Spouse: | Frederika |
Children: | 2, including Karolin |
Cornelis (born 27 July 1953) is a West Kalimantan governor from 2008 to 2018. He got his master's degree in law from a university in Pontianak in 2004. He is the second Dayak governor in the province after Oevaang Oeray.[1]
He has been accused by Agus Setiadji, leader of the United Malay People, of sidelining Malays and only giving government jobs and funds to Dayaks.[2] He was reelected once in 2013, and his second term expired on 14 January 2018.[3]