Ali Masykur Musa


Ali Masykur Musa is an Indonesian politician who serves as current chairman of Central Board of NU's Scholars Association. He is also current member of the Supreme Audit Agency of the Republic of Indonesia and appointed as official candidate for chairman of The Working Group on Environmental Auditing, under the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions. Ali had close relationship with former president and co-founder of National Awakening Party (PKB), Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, and was twice elected as chairman of the party's faction in the House of Representatives in 2002 and 2006.

Early life and organization

Ali Masykur Musa was born on 12 September 1962 in Tulungagung regency of East Java. His parents were Kiyai Hadji Musa Asy’ari, a local priest, and Hadjah Muthmainnah. He was the fourth of 5 children.
After completing high school and Pondok Pesantren, he attended the International Relations department, Social and Politic Science Faculty of Jember University, East Java. He became active in Indonesian Islamic Student Movement and was running for local chairman of Jember regency branch from 1985 to 1986. In 1991, he was elected as chairman of Central Board of PMII. He was also appointed as deputy chairman of GP Ansor, the youth wing of Indonesia's Nahdlatul Ulama, Jember regency branch in 1986. He was elected as Chairman of the Indonesian National Youth Committee from 1999 to 2000. In the Nahdlatul Ulama leadership board, he held the position of chairman of Economic Institution department from 2000 to 2005. Since 2012, he serves as chairman of Central Board of NU's Scholars Association.

Political career

  • Member of National Awakening Party Faction at the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia 1999-2001
  • Chairman of National Awakening Party Faction at the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia 2002-2003 and 2004-2006
  • Secretary of Ad Hoc Committee of the People's Consultative Assembly 2000-2003
  • Member of Working committee on the Organization of Islamic Conference Parliament 2002-2005
  • Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives’ Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Committee 1999-2003
  • Member of Commission IX, the House of Representatives 1999-2002
  • Member of Commission VI, the House of Representatives 2002-2003
  • Deputy Chairman of Commission IX, the House of Representatives 2003-2004
  • Deputy Chairman of Commission XI, the House of Representatives 2004-2006
  • Member of the House Legislative Committee 2005-2009
  • Member of Commission XI, the House of Representatives 2006-2009
  • Member IV of The Supreme Audit Agency of Republic of Indonesia 2009-2014
  • Chairman of Working Committee INTOSAI WGEA on The Supreme Audit Agency of Republic of Indonesia 2013-2016

Education

  • Bachelor of Social Sciences in International Relations department, Social and Politic Science Faculty of Jember University 1986
  • Study-Internship of “Area Studies”, Inter-university Center, Gadjah Mada University 1987
  • Study-Internship of “International Relations Method and International Political Economic”, Inter-university Center, University of Indonesia 1988
  • Master of Humaniora in Political Science, University of Indonesia 1998
  • Ph.D. in Management of Education, Policy Studies and Budget Politics, Jakarta State University 2007
  • Master of Science in Business Law, Gadjah Mada University 2009
  • Bachelor of Law, Law Faculty of Sahid University 2010
  • Comparative study of state, law, and civics in several countries such as South Korea, China, Japan, Chile, USA, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, *Brazil, Argentina, Morocco, Greece, Russia, etc.