14 Facts About Jailani Naro

Jailani "John" Naro, known as Haji Naro or John Naro was a former prosecutor that became an Indonesian politician.

Jailani Naro had served as the vice chairman of the People's Representative Council, vice chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council, and as the second chairman of the United Development Party.

Jailani Naro joined the Jakarta Students Movement and the Indonesian Bachelor Action Forum.

Jailani Naro entered Parmusi in 1968, during the formation of the party.

Jailani Naro became one of the chairman for the matters of the party, representing Jamiatul al-Washliah.

Jailani Naro became the chairman of the party after cooperating with Imron Kadir to take over the leadership of the party from Djarnawi Hadikusuma.

Jailani Naro followed the path of Mintaredja, and became one of the top ranks of the party leadership.

Jailani Naro ensured that none of the party members had an independent source of power, and effectively centralized all of the patronage channels to himself.

The blow to the NU faction by Jailani Naro became larger due to the hostilities of the government and military to NU members, especially small enterprises and merchants that support NU.

Jailani Naro rejected the change of the party's symbol, from the Ka'aba to a star.

Jailani Naro was presumably supported by the private backing of the armed forces.

Still, Jailani Naro insisted on his candidacy, claiming that Soeharto didn't gave him the signal to step down.

Jailani Naro claimed that he wasn't withdrawing, and compared himself to a boxer that was "stopped by the promoter".

Jailani Naro was buried in the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery, Kalibata, Jakarta.