Mohammad Mahfud
| Mohammad Mahfud MD | |
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| 2nd Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia | |
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In office 19 August 2008 – 3 April 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jimly Asshiddiqie |
| Succeeded by | Akil Mochtar |
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| Born |
13 May 1957 Sampang, East Java, Indonesia |
| Political party | National Awakening Party |
| Spouse(s) | Zaizatun Nihayatie |
| Alma mater |
Islamic University of Indonesia (S.H.) Gajah Mada University (S.U., M.I.P., Dr.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Islam |
Mohammad Mahfud MD (born May 13, 1957) is an Indonesian politician and lawyer. He is of Madurese descent, born in Sampang, a city on Madura Island. He was the chief justice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, member of the People's Representative Council (DPR) of National Awakening Party and also was the Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice and Human Rights under the Wahid Presidency. He completed his five-year term as chief justice back in April 2013 and has announced that he will not seek reelection as chief justice. The end of Mahfud's time as chief justice was subsequently followed by publicily stating that he was seeking for the presidential seat after the Yudhoyono presidency back in 2014, which was eventually won by former Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo.
Mahfud holds a master's degree in political science and a doctorate in constitutional law (1993) from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. Since 1984, he has also been a professor of constitutional law at the faculty of law at the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) in Yogyakarta. He has also taught in a number of other universities in Indonesia.
Mahfud was appointed as Minister of Defense by President Abdurrahman Wahid on August 23, 2000. The appointment of Mahfud as the Minister of Defense caused controversy, after being rumored that the appointment was disagreed by vice president Megawati, although Mahfud later admitted that he met Megawati in personal, and confirmed that she didn't have any problems with Mahfud's appointment. Following a cabinet shuffle on 20 July 2001 Mahfud moved from the defense portfolio and was appointed Minister of Justice and Human Rights. He held office briefly until Wahid's impeachment by the People's Consultative Assembly the following month.
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