Badrul Kamal: key obituary facts
Is Badrul Kamal dead? Yes. Badrul Kamal died on November 9, 2026, at age 80.
Cause of death: Badrul Kamal's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Badrul Kamal known for?
Badrul Kamal was an Indonesian politician, Mayor of Depok.
Badrul Kamal, an Indonesian politician and former mayor of Depok, died November 9, 2026, aged 80.
Born in Bogor on December 20, 1945, he was the son of Kyai Haji Jahja Sudja’i, a religious scholar, and Siti Djuariah. He attended Sekolah Rakyat, then SMP Negeri 1 Bogor and high school, before studying government at the Academy of Government Administration from 1966 to 1970 and pursuing further study at the Institute of Governmental Sciences.
As a student in Bogor, he was active in the Indonesian Youth and Student Action Union, an involvement that brought him recognition in Jakarta. In 1997, Kamal became Depok’s administrative mayor, succeeding Yuyun Wirasaputra, who had been serving in an interim capacity. After Depok’s status was elevated to a municipality, Kamal and Yus Ruswandi were nominated by the city council and elected as its first mayor and deputy mayor. Kamal served as mayor from 2000 to 2005 and was described as the first career official from Bogor to become Depok’s mayor. As the city’s inaugural mayor, he also became known by the sobriquet “Father of Depok’s Development.”