31 Facts About Muhaimin Iskandar

Muhaimin Iskandar was a vice presidential candidate in the 2024 Indonesian presidential election, as the running mate of Anies Baswedan.

Muhaimin Iskandar entered politics during the fall of president Suharto during the late 1990s.

Muhaimin Iskandar was elected a member of the People's Representative Council in 1999, as a member of the National Awakening Party.

Muhaimin Iskandar was close to president and PKB founder Abdurrahman Wahid, and was elected the PKB's chairman in 2005.

Muhaimin Iskandar later served as the Minister of Labor and Transmigration between 2009 and 2014, under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Muhaimin Iskandar has been elected as a member of DPR five times, although he only served four full terms.

Muhaimin Iskandar's father Muhammad Iskandar was a teacher in the Mamba'ul Ma'arif Pesantren.

Muhaimin Iskandar completed his middle school equivalent in a state-funded madrasa in his hometown, graduating in 1982.

Muhaimin Iskandar continued his education in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Yogyakarta from which he graduated in 1985.

Muhaimin Iskandar's thesis was titled Perilaku Kapitalis Masyarakat Santri: Telaah Sosiologi tentang Etos Kerja Masyarakat Desa di Jawa Timur, and he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1992.

Muhaimin Iskandar resumed his education in the University of Indonesia, studying communications management starting in 1998.

Muhaimin Iskandar's thesis was titled Manajemen Hubungan Masyarakat Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa dalam Pemilu 1999.

Muhaimin Iskandar was member of Komite Nasional Pemuda Indonesia in which he served as vice president of the Yogyakarta branch.

Muhaimin Iskandar's role was to prepare the party's articles of association.

Muhaimin Iskandar was appointed as secretary general for the party.

Muhaimin Iskandar's post covered the industry, trade and development sectors.

Muhaimin Iskandar stated in an interview that the body's competencies when it comes to legislative and budget matters were very weak, due to lack of expert staff.

Muhaimin Iskandar won 304 from the 382 votes through acclamation, with competitors such as Ali Masykur Musa, Saifullah Yusuf and Mohammad Mahfud MD.

The latter stated that the vote was "legally broken", and that Muhaimin Iskandar's position was invalid.

Muhaimin Iskandar denied that he "betrayed" Gus Dur in a 2014 address, claiming that he had resigned from the party but Gus Dur returned his resignation letter.

Muhaimin Iskandar later was appointed as a minister in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, as the minister of labor and transmigration.

Muhaimin Iskandar stated that Indonesia will ratify the International Labour Organization Convention 189 on Domestic Workers in March 2014.

Muhaimin Iskandar was called as a witness in a trial for a corruption scandal involving his ministry in February 2012.

Muhaimin Iskandar was briefly investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission the year prior regarding the same scandal.

In Jokowi's Working Cabinet, the Ministry of Labor and Transmigration was renamed to the Ministry of Labor and Muhaimin Iskandar was replaced by Hanif Dhakiri.

Muhaimin Iskandar was elected to the People's Representative Council for the fourth time, winning 116,694 votes.

Muhaimin Iskandar refused to resign from his legislative seat, and was not placed in Jokowi's cabinet.

Muhaimin Iskandar criticized Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti's policies, saying that they cause trouble for the Indonesian fishermen.

On 15 March 2018, Muhaimin Iskandar announced that he had officially proposed to become Joko Widodo's running mate for 2019, citing his advantages as an attractor for Muslim voters.

Muhaimin Iskandar himself ran in the legislative election, running for a fifth term still in East Java's 8th electoral district.

Muhaimin Iskandar was later appointed a deputy speaker at DPR.