The report finds a number of characteristics that helped them to become transformative local leaders, including: an ability to develop popular legitimacy among their citizens, independence from political parties, ability to promote innovative policy to reform local public services, having strong political networks with senior politicians and other stakeholders, an ability to handle setbacks, and having political pragmatism. This report profiles a number of Indonesian local transformative leaders, most notably Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini and Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil. These new local leaders tend to promote novel styles of political leadership that are can transform how public policy and services are delivered at the local level. Since 2001, Indonesia’s political decentralisation has opened fresh avenues for a new generation of local government executives to be elected.
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