Syaikhu completed his basic education there, moving to a separate school once during elementary due to his father's reassignment, before proceeding to study accounting at the State College of Finance.

[1][2][3] Ahmad Syaikhu (Arabic:أحمد شيخوه, romanized: 'Ahmad Shaykhuh) is an Arabic-based name approximately meaning "my praiseworthy leader".

Midway, he ran in the 2008 Bekasi mayoral election, but lost to Mochtar Mohammad and his running mate Rahmat Effendi.

[2] He once more participated in the 2013 mayoral election as the running mate to Rahmat, with the pair winning with 43 percent of votes in the five-candidate race.

[6] Following the end of his tenure in Bekasi, he registered to run under PKS as a candidate for the People's Representative Council,[7] and was elected into the legislature.