Apolo Safanpo is currently an academic bureaucrat. He is an alumnus of the 2016 Civil Engineering Doctorate at Diponegoro University. He served the longest as Rector of the University of Cendrawasih, Papua. He served for the period 2017-2022.
With a position as an academic bureaucrat, Apolo Safanpo previously served as Governor of South Papua from 2022-2024 and also the definitive Regional Secretary of South Papua Province in 2023-2024. Born in Agats, Asmat Regency, Papua, in 1975. He took his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 1999 at Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta. He also took his Master’s degree in 2002 in Environmental Engineering at the Sepuluh November Institute of Technology, Surabaya and for his Doctoral Degree in Civil Engineering in 2016 at Diponegoro University, Semarang.
Apolo Safanpo has a history of positions starting from the Head of the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering, Cenderawasih University (2003-2005), Assistant Dean III of the Faculty of Engineering, Cenderawasih University (2005-2012), Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Cenderawasih University (2012-2017), Rector of Cenderawasih University (2017-2022), Expert Staff to the Minister of Home Affairs for Government Affairs (2022), Acting Governor of South Papua (11 November 2022-5 August 2024) and Regional Secretary of South Papua Province defenitive (2023-2024). Until the current position.
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