His swearing-in was delayed from the planned December 2002 schedule due to allegations of bribery during the voting process.

[2] In October 2006, he was removed from his post due to him being decided guilty in a corruption case involving building use rights of a Hilton hotel.

[4] A Supreme Court ruling in October 2008 upheld the decision, citing a lack of proof from the prosecutors.

[7] A budget analyst stated that during his first term, nearly Rp 1 trillion of assets disappeared from the local government inventories.

[8] Sometime before the 2013 gubernatorial election, he moved from Golkar to the new political party Nasdem, eventually becoming the leader of the provincial office between 2013 and 2016.