Irwandi Yusuf
| Irwandi Yusuf | |
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Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf in 2007.
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| Governor of Aceh | |
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In office 2006–2012 |
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| Deputy | Muhammad Nazar |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Abubakar |
| Succeeded by | Zaini Abdullah |
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In office 5 July 2017 – July 2022 |
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| Personal details | |
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2 August 1960 Bireuën, Aceh |
| Political party | Partai Nasional Aceh (PNA) |
| Profession | Veterinarian |
DR. Capt. drh. H. Irwandi Yusuf, M.Sc. (born in Bireuën, Aceh, 2 August 1960), is the Governor of Aceh province in north Sumatra. He was reelected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012.
Irwandi first won a term as Governor in the 2006 Aceh regional election as an independent candidate (non-party). Muhammad Nazar, S. Ag. was his running mate in 2006. However Irwandi lost his 2012 re-election campaign to Zaini Abdullah following a strong challenge and intensive campaigning by other local political rivals. Allegations that he may have wrongfully granted land concessions involving previously protected high conservation value land to palm oil companies also surfaced before the campaign. In 2017, he was reelected as the Governor of Aceh, with Nova Iriansyah as his partner.
Irwandi Yusuf, a veterinarian (Alumnus of Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh), joined the Free Aceh Movement (Indonesian: Gerakan Aceh Merdeka or GAM) in 1990, participating for three years before taking up a scholarship at Oregon State University, US, in 1993, where he undertook a master's degree in Veterinary Science.
After returning to Banda Aceh to teach at his alma mater, Irwandi became a founding member of the Acehnese branch of the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society (now known as Fauna and Flora International), lending his veterinary expertise to their conservation campaigns.
His concern for Acehnese socio-political issues led him into further contact with GAM. He held several different positions in the movement, including as a special staff office for psy warfare in the Central GAM command, as negotiation coordinator, and as Expert Staff on counter-intelligence in the Central Command of the Aceh National Army. He spent some time in 2001 with the Red Cross, taking the opportunity to study humanitarian law. Irwandi was arrested in 2003, and was held as a war prisoner in the Keudah Prison in Banda Aceh.
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