Alwi Shihab
| Alwi Shihab | |
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| Foreign Minister of Indonesia | |
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In office 26 October 1999 – 23 July 2001 |
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| President | Abdurrahman Wahid |
| Preceded by | Ali Alatas |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Wirajuda |
| Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare | |
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In office 21 October 2004 – 6 December 2005 |
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| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Preceded by | Jusuf Kalla |
| Succeeded by | Aburizal Bakrie |
| Personal details | |
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19 August 1946 Rappang, South Sulawesi |
| Political party | Partai Kebangkitan Nasional Ulama (PKNU) |
| Spouse(s) | Ashraf Shahab |
| Children | Rizvi, Samira, Samy |
| Religion | Islam |
Alwi Shihab (Arabic: علوي شهاب; Alawī Šihāb) is one of the leading authorities and scholars on the interaction of Christian and Muslim communities. Currently he is the Indonesian President's special envoy to the Middle East and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. He was the Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare in 2004-2005 and the Foreign Minister of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001.
Alwi was born in Rappang, South Sulawesi in Indonesia on 19 August 1946. He inherited a passion in academic achievements from his father, Abdurrahman Shihab, who was a dean at IAIN Alauddin in Makassar, South Sulawesi. He is a younger sibling of Quraish Shihab and Umar Shihab of MUI (The Indonesian Council of Ulama).
At age of 10, Alwi went to study basic education at Darul Nashihin Boarding School in Lawang, east Java. Later, Alwi's father sent him and his brother Quraish to Cairo to continue their high school abroad. After completing his high school in Cairo, Alwi continued and completed his bachelor's degree from Al-Azhar University and acquired L.C. degree in 1968 in Islamic philosophy. He then continued his education in Indonesia and completed his master at Alaudin State Institute of Islamic Studies (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Alaudin), Ujung Pandang in 1986. His first doctoral degree was acquired in 1990 from University of Ain Shams, Cairo with research dissertation in the area of tasawwuf and Islamic philosophy with thesis title Islamic Sufism and Its Impact on Indonesian Contemporary Sufism.
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