Ratna Ani Lestari

Ratna Ani Lestari (Sundanese: ᮛᮒ᮪ᮔ ᮃᮔᮤ ᮜ᮪ᮞ᮪ᮒᮛᮤ; Javanese: ꦫꦠ꧀ꦤ ꦄꦤꦶ ꦭ꧀ꦭꦼꦱ꧀ꦠꦫꦶ; born 6 December 1965) is an Indonesian former politician who was the 26th regent of Banyuwangi regency of East Java from 2005 and 2010. She was the first female and first directly elected leader of the regency. Between 2014–2015 following the end of her term and failure to run for reelection, she was arrested and convicted of corruption, with her prison sentence expiring in March 2018 and chose to become a lecturer afterwards. Born in Banten, she grew up in East Java and went to university in Bali, where she married I Gede Winasa and began her political career. Following her victory in the 2005 election, her five-year tenure at Banyuwangi generated significant controversy, with multiple large-scale protests and the regency's municipal council making several attempts to remove her from office, and her being designated as a graft suspect during it. Eventually, she failed to run for reelection, and was convicted to five, later nine, years in prison.