Halim ran as a gubernatorial candidate in 2011, towards the expiry of his second term, but lost to Ratu Atut. He also criticized then-governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah, saying that the provincial government did not understand the issues encountered by people living close to Jakarta. ĭuring his tenure as mayor, he established a "green village" program, planting trees in order to mitigate pollution generated by factories. Running with Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah in the three-candidate race, Halim won over 80 percent of the votes to secure a second term for himself. He ran for reelection in 2008, during Tangerang's first direct mayoral election. He was approached by the Prosperous Justice Party to run as governor of Banten in the 2007 gubernatorial election, but eventually declined. In 2005, during his first term, the city's government released a law prohibiting prostitution. In 2003, Halim was voted as the mayor of Tangerang by the city council, winning over two other candidates by a significant margin.
He returned to Tangerang as city secretary in 2003. He became head of the city's taxation office by 1988, and head of the development office in 1991, before moving to the Tangerang Regency government where he worked for five years as subdistrict head and department chief. Around 1980, following a local government reform, village chiefs officially became state employees and Wahidin entered bureaucracy, becoming the "lurah" (administrative village chief) of his home village. Career Įarly in his career, while he was still in his 20s, he was elected as a village chief. He is married to Niniek Nur'aini and has three children.
He later gained a masters from Satyagama University and a doctorate from Padjadjaran University. After completing his high school in Tangerang, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Indonesia on 1978. The third child of nine, his father was an elementary school teacher.
Wahidin Halim was born in Pinang, Tangerang, West Java (now Banten), on 14 August 1954.
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