Tri Rismaharini

Having worked for more than 20 years in the Surabaya City Government that resulted in becoming Mayor of Surabaya in 2010, Tri Rismaharini has made meaningful achievements in city development, which were recognized by a number of regional, national, and international awards. In 2003, as Head of Surabaya Program Controlling Division, she created the first Indonesian e-procurement system, which successfully saved 20% of the Surabaya’s year budget. In recognizing her efforts, Surabaya received the FutureGov Awards 2013 in the category of future cities. 

Mayor Tri has successfully applied her strong engineering background into urban innovations of Surabaya. She completed her Bachelor Degree on Architecture (1987) and Master Degree on Urban Development Management at the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Surabaya (2002) as well as the Urban Development Management course at The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam (1996).