Hamza Haz ( indon. Hamzah Haz ) (born February 15, 1940 , Ketapang ) is an Indonesian politician. Vice-President of Indonesia (2001-2004), Minister-Coordinator for the Public Welfare of Indonesia (1999).
| Hamza Khaz | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamzah haz | |||||||
 | |||||||
| |||||||
| The president | Megawati Sukarnoputri | ||||||
| Predecessor | Megawati Sukarnoputri | ||||||
| Successor | Yusuf Kalla | ||||||
| |||||||
| The president | Abdurrahman Wahid | ||||||
| Predecessor | |||||||
| Successor | |||||||
| Birth | February 15, 1940 (79 years) Ketapang , West Kalimantan , Dutch East Indies | ||||||
| Spouse | Asmania, Titin Kartini (official), Soraya (unofficial) | ||||||
| Children | 12 (officially), 15 (unofficially) | ||||||
| The consignment | Nahdatul Ulama (until 1973); Party of Unity and Development (since 1973) | ||||||
| Profession | politician, journalist | ||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||
| Autograph | |||||||
| Awards |
| ||||||
Content
Biography
Khamza Khaz was born on February 15, 1940 in the city of Ketapang. In his youth, he worked as a journalist in Pontianak , and later taught economics at the [1] .
Hamza Haza’s political career began in 1968 , when he was elected to the provincial parliament of West Kalimantan . He later moved to Jakarta ; In 1971 he became a member of parliament , joining the faction of the Nahdatul Ulama party. In 1973 , after Nahdatul Ulama joined the Unity and Development Party (PER), he became a member of this party [1] .
From 1998 to 1999, he was Minister for Investment in the Bukharuddin Cabinet , Yusuf Habibi . In the 1999 parliamentary elections, he was the leader of the PER, later headed her faction in parliament, where she was the third largest [1] . In October 1999, he became the coordinating minister (minister in charge of several ministries of the same industry) in the government of Abdurrahman Wahid , but left the post a month later [1] ; after the resignation sharply criticized Wahid [1] . In the government, Megawati Sukarnoputri served as vice president.
In the 2004 presidential election, he was one of the presidential candidates, and ran for him as a vice presidential candidate. According to the results of the election campaign, he took the last, fifth place, receiving 3% of the votes.
He holds a Ph.D. degree from the - a ; it is reported that he acquired this degree for $ 1,200 [2] [3] .
Sayings
Khamza Khaz has repeatedly expressed his support for radical Islamists [4] . His close relationship with the leader of the terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiah Abu Bakar Baashir is known ; during his tenure as vice president, Haz publicly invited Bashir to lunch, and also visited the . Right up to the arrest of Baashir in October 2002, Haz denied his connection with terrorism: “If you want to arrest Abu Bakar Baashir, you will have to deal with me first” ( eng. “If you want to arrest you with me first " ) - he declared [5] . However, according to Time magazine and a number of other authoritative publications, the relations between Haza and Baashir were determined not so much by personal sympathy as by Haz’s desire to enlist the support of Muslim voters in the 2004 elections [6] [4] [7] .
On September 3, 2003, Haz in one of his speeches called the US the king of terrorists ( English terrorist king ), accusing them of starting the war in Iraq [8] .
Family
According to the Office of the Vice-President [9] , Hamza Haz has two wives: Asmania ( indon. Asmaniah , born July 27, 1942) and Titin Kartini ( indon. Titin Kartini , born May 4, 1946). From official wives he has 12 children. According to unofficial sources [10] , Haza has a third wife, Soraya ( indone. Soraya ), and three children from her; however, Haz did not publicly acknowledge the existence of this marriage.
The son of Hamza Haza, Nur Agus Haz ( indon. Nur Agus Haz ) is a member of the Indonesian parliament from the PER [11] .
Awards
- Order "Star of the Republic of Indonesia" 2nd degree (2001) [12] ;
- Order "Star of Mahaputra" 1st degree ;.
Notes
- 2 1 2 3 4 5 [1] Article titled "Profile: Hamzah Haz" at the BBC News Web site, 26 July 2001, accessed 6 April 2007
- ↑ Hamish (2002-09-02), Fake Your Way to the Top , Critic , < http://www.critic.co.nz/archive?page=46&archive_id=1076&type_code=a > . Checked March 14, 2010.
- ↑ Tobing, Elwin (March 7, 2005), A fake republic , The Indonesian Institute , < http://www.theindonesianinstitute.org/pers030705.htm > . Checked March 14, 2010. Archived copy from June 5, 2010 on Wayback Machine
- 2 1 2 [2] Guerin, Bill, "Indonesia: The enemy within", 15 October 2007.
- ↑ [3] Parkinson, Tony, "Jakarta's Day of Reckoning" opinion article in The Age , 14 October 2002, accessed 6 April 2007
- ↑ [4] Solo, Andrew Marshall, "The Rage Culture", TIME magazine, 21 October 2002
- ↑ Archived copy . The appeal date is April 6, 2007. Archived June 10, 2007. Lindsey, Tim, "You are not allowed", article at the University of the Melbourne and the Law Center, 2004 elections and the October 2002 Bali terrorist attack; accessed 6 April 2007
- Indones " Indonesian VP: United States Is Terrorist King ", Reuters , 3 September 2003 , < http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0903-01.htm > Archived copy of November 22, 2006 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Official website of the Vice-President’s Administrative Department Archived September 9, 2006.
- ↑ Detiknews Archived September 30, 2007.
- ↑ Anak dan Menantu Haz Caleg Jadi Archived on September 27, 2007.
- ↑ Presidential Decree No. 067 / TK / Tahun 2001
Literature
- Barton, Greg. Jemaah Islamiyah: Radical Islam in Indonesia Sydney. - University of New South Wales Press, 2005.