Samsul Ashar

Samsul Ashar
Ashar in 2009
Mayor of Kediri
In office
2 April 2009 – 2 April 2014
Preceded byAchmad Maschut
Succeeded byAbdullah Abu Bakar
Personal details
Born(1961-09-16)16 September 1961
Kediri, East Java, Indonesia
Died13 March 2022(2022-03-13) (aged 60)
Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

Samsul Ashar (16 September 1961 – 13 March 2022) was an Indonesian physician and politician who served as the mayor of Kediri, East Java between 2009 and 2014. After the end of his mayoralship, he was sentenced in 2021 to prison for corruption related to a bridge's construction. Ashar died of cancer in 2022.