Before being elected as Ridwan Kamil's running mate, Uu spent nineteen years holding various political offices in his home regency, serving as the regent between 2011 and 2018.

[1][2] His involvement in politics began in highschool, when he became a board member of a local United Development Party (PPP) branch office.

[5] For his second term, Uu ran as a single candidate and managed to secure a majority of the votes (around 67 percent).

[1] Uu was appointed by his political party to become Bandung mayor Ridwan Kamil's running mate in the 2018 gubernatorial election.

[1] The pair managed to secure 32.38 percent of votes in the four-way race, winning in 14 subdivisions although losing in Uu's home region of Tasikmalaya.