Patrialis Akbar
| Patrialis Akbar | |
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Akbar in 2010
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| 28th Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Indonesia | |
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In office October 22, 2009 – October 19, 2011 |
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| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Andi Mattalatta |
| Succeeded by | Amir Syamsuddin |
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| Born |
October 31, 1958 Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Indonesia |
| Religion | Islam |
Patrialis Akbar (born October 31, 1958) is an Indonesian lawyer and politician from Padang, West Sumatra. He was part of the Second United Indonesia Cabinet and served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights in Indonesia from October 22, 2009 until 19 October 2011. He obtained a law degree from the Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta and then had a career as an advocate.
In 2013, former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attempted to appoint Akbar to the Constitutional Court of Indonesia at the end of Achmad Sodiki's term, but the Jakarta State Administrative Court blocked Akbar's appointment as well as that of his fellow justice Maria Farida Indrati. Legal activists cited Akbar's poor performance as a minister as well as his personal ties to the President. Yudhoyono's office appealed the ruling on behalf of Akbar and Indrati, succeeding after the Jakarta High Administrative Court found that the petition against Akbar and Indrati lacked legal standing for the challenge.
Akbar's tenure on the Constitutional Court was ultimately cut short despite the presidential appeals that head led to his initial appointment. In January 2017, the Corruption Eradication Commission arrested Akbar and ten other defendants in a sting operation on suspicion of corruption in an animal health law. Constitutional Chief Justice Arief Hidayat led an investigation into their colleagues, clearing their fellow justices Manahan Sitompul and I Dewa Gede Palguna but finding enough evidence for Akbar's dismissal.
Alongside Aswanto, Akbar was one of several judges or former judges who'd spoken out in favor of a Constitutional Court ruling to ban premarital sex.
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