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After the end of Soehartos New Order regime, Indonesian politics experienced changes and socio-political dynamics that were more dynamic than before, the biggest change was the opening of a number of peoples access to participation in social political areas after previously having limited political participation, such as the establishment of Political Parties and Organizations Society. One of the movements that experienced post-reform development was the Islamic movement. The rising Islamic movement after the fall of the new order was marked by two typical, structural and cultural ones. The first typical was marked by the rise of the establishment of Islamic parties in part, fighting for ethical values, basic principles and the spirit of nationalism. While the second type is characterized by the proliferation of a number of Islamic mass organizations, they have carried out a movement to eradicate various disobedience under the pretext of enforcing amar maruf nahi munkar. One of the Islamic organizations that stood after the reformation and has influence in the political dynamics to date is the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). FPI is known as an Islamic mass organization that enforces Amar Maruf Nahi Munkar. This enforcement inspires all methods of preaching both on the streets and in recitation. Maruf and Munkars category of deeds which FPI defines not only covers religious issues, but also includes social, political, economic and cultural affairs. In the Political context, the FPI is often involved in the practical political arena by supporting one candidate pair, both in the Presidential Election and also in the Governors Election. In the Presidential Election, for example, FPI participated in winning the Wiranto - Jusuf Kalla pair in the 2009 Presidential Election and the Prabowo - Hatta Pair in the 2014 elections. While the involvement of FPI organizations in regional leadership succession was also reflected in the 2012 and 2017 DKI Jakarta Governor elections. If in 2012 DKI PIlgub FPI suffered a defeat by supporting the pair Fauzi Bowo - Nachrowi Ramli, in the 2017 DKI Pilgub the FPI mass organization managed to win the pair Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno by beating the other two candidates namely; Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono - Sylviana Murti and Basuki Tjahja Purnama - Djarot Sayifulloh. In the 2017 DKI Pilgub the Islamic Defenders Front performs a number of roles starting from the candidacy process, becoming an opinion leader, to playing a role in mobilizing the masses. The involvement of FPI in the 2017 Pilgub was also based on their unwillingness to be led by a non-Muslim Governor, because at that time Basuki Tjahja Purnama had a non-Muslim who had a big chance to win the election of the governor. A number of roles performed by FPI in the 2017 DKI Pilgub can be said to be a phenomenon of the mass organizations novelty in the process of its involvement in practical political contestation. As one of the roles carried out by the FPI is to initiate the "Convention of the Muslim Governor", generally the Convention is carried out by Political Parties with the aim of obtaining potential leaders who can suit their interests. In the dynamics of Indonesian politics, it can be said that FPI organizations are the first mass organizations to carry out the Convention process without involving Political Parties. The series of roles performed by the Islamic Defenders Front in presenting the Muslim Governor represented by the couple Anies - Sandi in Jakarta is an interesting thing to study. Political agendas run by the FPI generally become the task of Political Parties in winning their candidates in general elections. The Islamic Defenders Front provides a new color in the dynamics of local and national politics, that in fact people outside of Political Parties can also have a share in the leadership succession agenda.