Government
The city of Kupang is, in administrative terms, a kota (city) which has the same status as a regency (kabupaten) within the Indonesian administrative system. The chief officers are the mayor and deputy mayor, elected officials who hold office for five years. The current mayor and deputy mayor are Yonas Salean and Harmanus Man who were sworn into office by the governor of the province of East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur, or NTT), Frans Leburaya, in Kupang on 1 August 2012. Both Yonas and Harmanus are former officials who have served in various government positions in NTT. They will hold office for the period 2012-2017. After the ceremony, mayor Yonas outlined plans to improve city planning in Kupang. However he noted that the total annual budget for the city is only around Rp 400 billion (about $US 42 million) and that plans for improvement would inevitably be constrained by limited funding.
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