Ma'ruf Amin | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2019 | |
13th Vice President of Indonesia | |
Assumed office 20 October 2019 | |
President | Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | Jusuf Kalla |
Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council | |
In office 27 August 2015 – 27 November 2020 Inactive from 20 October 2019 to 27 November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Din Syamsuddin |
Succeeded by |
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Supreme Leader of Nahdlatul Ulama | |
In office 6 August 2015 – 22 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Mustofa Bisri |
Succeeded by | Miftachul Achyar |
Groups represented in Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council | |
1971–1973 | Groups of Nahdlatul Ulama |
1973–1982 | United Development Party |
Groups represented in People's Representative Council | |
1997–1998 | United Development Party |
1998–2004 | National Awakening Party |
Other government roles | |
2007–2014 | Member of Presidential Advisory Council |
2017–2019 | Member of BPIP Steering Committee |
Personal details | |
Born | Ma'ruf al-Kharki[1] 11 March 1943 Tangerang, Japanese-occupied East Indies |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | |
Spouses |
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Children | 9[2] |
Education | Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School |
Alma mater | |
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Ma'ruf Amin (born 11 March 1943) is an Indonesian politician, Islamic cleric, and lecturer who is the 13th and current vice president of Indonesia.[3] Aged nearly 77 years old when inaugurated, he is the oldest Indonesian vice president to ever be sworn in.
He was the chairman of the Ulema Council of Indonesia (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, or MUI) when he accepted the vice-presidential nomination.[4] On 9 August 2018, President Joko Widodo announced that Ma'ruf would be his running mate in the 2019 Indonesian presidential election. Following his candidacy, he resigned as General Leader (rais 'aam syuriah) of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the world's largest Islamic organization.