Nurul Arifin

Nurul Qomaril Arifin (born 18 July 1966) is an Indonesian actress and politician. She has been a member of the People's Representative Council of Indonesia within the Golkar faction since 2004.

Personal life
She was born and grew up in Bandung, where she finished her schooling in 1985. 15 years later, she started studying in Depok, where she completed a Bachelor and master's degree in political science and social science at the University of Indonesia.

She started acting in 1981 and has starred in Indonesian movies and cinetrons such as Catatan Si Emon (1991), Kelabang Seribu (1987) and Ketika cinta telah berlalu (1989).

Political career
She has been an advocate of AIDS/HIV awareness and equal gender right. Being a social activist and fighting against the under-representation of women in the legislative, she decided the join the Golkar party in 2003. She became a member of the DPR from the Golkar Faction for the period 2004-2009, 2009-2014, 2014–2019 and 2019-2024 for the Electoral District of West Java and currently serves as Deputy Secretary General of the Golkar Party. She is part of the Commission I of People's Representative Council. Two women are among the eleven deputy general chairs of the Golkar for the 2019–2024 term. Hetifah Sjaifudian and Nurul Arifin are the two.