Kepemimpinan politik: Peran Walikota dalam implementasi kebijakan pengentasan kemiskinan di Kota Bontang

This article discusses about the leadership model of Bontang City Mayor for the period of 2016-2021, Neni Moerniaeni, in implementing the poverty alleviation policy in Bontang. As one of the small cities located in East Kalimantan Province, Bontang has a promising natural resource potential. However, because most of its natural resources are non-renewable, it then demands the Government of Bontang to look for other alternatives to reduce the poverty level. One of the efforts was done through policies, such as ‘Pesisir juga Kota’, Kube FM, PRODUTA, Kotaku, and other policies. Other poverty alleviation effort is by attracting the interest of investors through the companies’ CSR programs and Industrial development. The leadership model of the mayor also shows that her way of handling the poverty is not only through cooperating with companies, the government also have their own programs. This research will see what is the tendency of the mayor’s political leadership model in implementating poverty policies. The theory that will be used is that of Herbert Feith (1962), where the leadership model is divided into two: Solidarity Maker type which prioritise the strength of the people, and the administratorist type which handle the poverty problems through administrative approach and policies implementation.