Viktor Laiskodat

Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat (born 17 February 1965) is an Indonesian politician who served the 8th governor of East Nusa Tenggara between 2018 and 2023, and previously as a member of the House of Representatives between 2004–2009 and 2014–2017.

He was elected into the House of Representatives from his home district twice in 2004 and 2014, although he did not serve his entire second term because he resigned to run for governor.

[5][6] He was first elected to the People's Representative Council as a member of Golkar in 2004 from the NTT II electoral district, which included Sumba, Timor, and surrounding islands.

[22] Shortly after he became governor, Laiskodat stated his intent to legalize the brewing of local alcoholic beverages in the province - namely, Moke in Flores and Sopi in Timor.

[24] In early 2019, his administration announced plans to close Komodo Island to visitors for a year to allow the government to manage the park better and increase the population of both deer and the lizards.

[25] In July 2019, it was confirmed that Komodo Island would be closed for a period to tourism beginning in 2020 to allow a conservation program to be implemented.

[30] As the virus spread in Indonesia, he instructed schools to close by 20 March, at which point the province had 38 people under monitoring for the disease.