Viktor Laiskodat was elected into the House of Representatives from his home district twice in 2004 and 2014, although he did not serve his entire second term because he resigned to run for governor.
12 Facts About Viktor Laiskodat
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Viktor Laiskodat is a Protestant Christian and ethnically belongs to the Helong people.
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Viktor Laiskodat was first elected to the People's Representative Council as a member of Golkar in 2004 from the NTT II electoral district, which included Sumba, Timor, and surrounding islands.
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Viktor Laiskodat defended the law and accused four then-opposition parties; Great Indonesia Movement Party, Democratic Party, National Mandate Party, and Prosperous Justice Party of supporting establishment of caliphate in Indonesia and undermining national ideology, Pancasila, changing it to Islamism.
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Viktor Laiskodat resigned from the council to run as governor, and was replaced on 20 March 2018 by Jacki Uli.
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Viktor Laiskodat ran for governorship of East Nusa Tenggara in the 2018 election.
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Immediately after being sworn in, Viktor Laiskodat announced to media that he would put a moratorium on mining in the province.
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Shortly after he became governor, Viktor Laiskodat stated his intent to legalize the brewing of local alcoholic beverages in the province - namely, Moke in Flores and Sopi in Timor.
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In October 2019, Viktor Laiskodat publicly called for the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to block access to Facebook in Indonesia, calling for the development of a local social media platform similar to the Chinese internet.
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In February 2023, Viktor Laiskodat ordered high schools in the province to begin activities at 5 AM.
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However, as the first place candidate Ratu Ngadu Bonu Wulla resigned shortly after the election to run in the 2024 Indonesian local elections, Viktor Laiskodat took her place in the legislature.
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Viktor Laiskodat is married to Julie Sutrisno Laiskodat, a graduate of UT Arlington.