Samsul Ashar
Samsul Ashar | |
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Ashar in 2009 | |
| Mayor of Kediri | |
| In office 2 April 2009 – 2 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Achmad Maschut |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Abu Bakar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1961 Kediri, East Java, Indonesia |
| Died | 13 March 2022 (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.