I Dewa Gde Oka

I Dewa Gde Oka (born 20 November 1936) is an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the Vice Governor of Bali from 1985 until 1989 and as a member of the People's Representative Council from 1997 until 1999.

[1] During Oka's senior year, he managed to win third place in a slogan-making competition held by the Nusa Tenggara information agency.

[3] His classmates in the academy included future vice president Try Sutrisno and ambassador to Thailand I Gede Awet Sara.

The new public works chief under Oka began to introduce pavements in Denpasar, which at that time was a city under the jurisdiction of the Badung government.

[15] Less than a year after assuming the leadership of Golkar in Bali, I Dewa Gde Oka was dismissed from the vice governor post.

[17] Gde Oka resumed his political career after he was elected as a member of the People's Representative Council from Bali in 1997 and held the office until 1999.

[18] In January 2016, I Dewa Gde Oka was nominated as a potential candidate for the chairman of the advisory council of Golkar's Bali branch.