1. Zulkifli Hasan was born to Hasan and Siti Zaenab, who were farmers in Pisang village in Penengahan, South Lampung.
66 Facts About Zulkifli Hasan
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Zulkifli Hasan attended a local elementary school from 1969 to 1975.
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Zulkifli Hasan left PGAN in his fourth year at the school.
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Zulkifli Hasan took an entrance exam for Madrasah Tsanawiah and passed.
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Zulkifli Hasan's father had advised him not to be a follower but to be a leader, even if that meant starting from something small, so he quit the civil service.
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Zulkifli Hasan became a motivator for young people and the wider community, particularly in Sumatra, to develop entrepreneurship and create new jobs.
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Zulkifli Hasan encouraged rural youths to help advance Indonesia's future economic growth.
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Zulkifli Hasan was active in the Muhammadiyah mass Muslim organization, whose members were among the founders of the National Mandate Party in 1998.
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Zulkifli Hasan chaired Muhammadiyah's Institute of Agricultural Laborers and Fishermen for Jakarta from 2000 to 2005.
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Zulkifli Hasan chaired the Logistics Department of PAN's Central Board from 2000 to 2005.
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Zulkifli Hasan later became deputy chairman of PAN's faction in the House of Representatives, serving as a member of parliament from 2004 to 2009.
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Zulkifli Hasan was a member of House Commission VI overseeing transportation and infrastructure.
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Zulkifli Hasan was secretary general of PAN's Central Board from 2005 to 2010.
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Zulkifli Hasan said he would resist temptations and pressure from businessmen and politicians putting themselves before the public interest.
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Zulkifli Hasan said the problem was due to misinterpretations of regional autonomy legislation introduced in 2001.
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In January 2011, Zulkifli Hasan announced the Forestry Ministry would implement a 2-year moratorium on the issuance of permits for the conversion of primary and peat forests.
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Zulkifli Hasan said the actual figure was Rp 6.2 trillion in non-tax revenue the ministry has been unable to collect since 2002.
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On 9 September 2013, Zulkifli Hasan was interviewed by Harrison Ford for part of a documentary series on climate change and the environment.
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Zulkifli Hasan said Ford was emotional because he wanted illegal loggers swiftly arrested at Tesso Nilo National Park in Sumatra.
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Zulkifli Hasan lamented they had not rehearsed the interview before filming commenced.
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Zulkifli Hasan said there was no strong evidence against the two companies.
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In June 2013, Zulkifli Hasan blamed the severity of the haze on a five-year weather cycle.
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Zulkifli Hasan said 14 people had been arrested on suspicion of starting fires, 11 of them linked to companies and three of them smallholders.
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In March 2014, Zulkifli Hasan supported calls by the National Police and Indonesian Military for the shooting of people found burning forests if they resisted arrest.
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Zulkifli Hasan acknowledged the people responsible for forest fires were seeking to open up new land for palm oil plantations.
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In 2015, anti-haze activist Syahrul Fitra accused Zulkifli Hasan of allowing corporations to burn forests and causing the haze crisis.
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Zulkifli Hasan claimed Zulkifli had allegedly permitted the burning of over 1.3 million hectares of forests to be used for plantations.
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Zulkifli Hasan said law enforcers should arrest any officials responsible for the haze and called for an investigation into possible corruption in the issuance of permits.
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Riau governor Annas Ma'mun's administration responded by sending a proposal to Zulkifli Hasan, who gave his approval to some of the areas.
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Annas later stated Zulkifli Hasan had approved and issued the conversion permit.
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On 12 November 2014, Zulkifli Hasan was questioned as a witness by the Corruption Eradication Commission in the case against Annas.
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Zulkifli Hasan was questioned by the KPK on 11 November 2014 over the illegal issuance of a land conversion permit for a luxury housing project in Bogor, West Java.
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The Forestry Ministry's director general for planning, Bambang Supijanto, said Zulkifli Hasan had rejected BJA's proposal to convert nearly 3,000 acres of forest area for housing projects in Bogor because it lacked some requirements.
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Zulkifli Hasan sought to improve the performance and image of the Forestry Ministry through two programs: one targeting the growth of agriculture through smallholdings in forest areas, and the other promoting environmental education.
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Conservation groups have alleged that after Joko Widodo had won Indonesia's presidential election in July 2014, Zulkifli Hasan realized he would not retain his cabinet position because PAN was not part of the incoming ruling coalition, so he, therefore, started issuing more ministerial decrees, right up to his final week in office, when 100 decrees were signed.
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Zulkifli Hasan's appointment was supported by Prabowo Subianto's Red-and-White Coalition following Prabowo's loss in the 2014 presidential election to Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
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Jokowi's coalition had wanted Oesman Sapta Odang as MPR speaker, but Zulkifli Hasan defeated Oesman by 347 to 330 votes.
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Zulkifli Hasan was credited for ensuring the event was attended by the losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, who had vigorously rejected the election result.
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On 22 December 2014, Zulkifli Hasan said protests against then-Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, based on his religion and race were unacceptable.
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In May 2016, Zulkifli Hasan called for tighter regulations on the sale of alcohol, saying it has negative social consequences, including death and crimes of obscenity.
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In January 2018, Zulkifli Hasan claimed eight parties in the national parliament were in favor of opening alcohol sales at small shops.
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In February 2016, Zulkifli Hasan called for smoking to be banned as it contributes to "ignorance and poverty".
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In March 2018, Zulkifli Hasan said drug traffickers should be shot dead, while drug users should be rehabilitated rather than imprisoned, as most of Indonesia's prison inmates are drug offenders.
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In March 2016, Zulkifli Hasan said the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movement should have no place in Indonesia, but he warned against violence and discrimination.
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In January 2018, Zulkifli Hasan falsely claimed five parties in the House of Representatives were supporting a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Zulkifli Hasan's statement was refuted by House speaker Bambang Soesatyo, and prompted other major parties to affirm their opposition to gay rights.
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Zulkifli Hasan announced his candidacy on 19 January 2015 in Surabaya.
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On 1 March 2015, Zulkifli Hasan was narrowly elected PAN chairman, receiving 292 votes, while Hatta Rajasa received 286 votes.
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On 2 September 2015, Zulkifli Hasan announced PAN was switching its allegiance to Jokowi's ruling coalition to help the government's programs succeed.
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On 9 August 2018, Zulkifli Hasan shifted PAN's allegiance back to Prabowo amid allegations that Prabowo's running mate for the 2019 presidential election, Sandiaga Uno, had paid Rp 500 billion to PAN to secure his nomination.
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In February 2017, Zulkifli Hasan urged Indonesians to avoid all forms of money politics in regional elections.
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On 6 March 2018, Zulkifli Hasan was filmed giving money to women in a public transport vehicle at a market in Muara Enim in South Sumatra province, ahead of the election for the regent of Muara Enim.
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Zulkifli Hasan was accompanied at the market by regency head candidate Syamsul Bahri, who is supported by PAN.
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The Election Supervisory Agency of Muara Enim conducted an investigation and attempted to summon Zulkifli Hasan for questioning but he was too busy to attend.
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Panwaslu later concluded Zulkifli Hasan had not been trying to influence voters to choose a particular candidate.
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In February 2018, Zulkifli Hasan said he would be ready to contest Indonesia's 2019 presidential election if he is nominated.
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Zulkifli Hasan later acknowledged any presidential nominee would likely require the backing of a coalition of parties.
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On 11 February 2020, Zulkifli Hasan was re-elected as PAN leader for another five years at a congress marred by violence.
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Zulkifli Hasan is married to Soraya and they have four children: Futri Zulya Savitri, Zita Anjani, Farras Nugraha, and Rafi Haikal.
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Zulkifli Hasan is a practitioner of kyokushin, a type of full contact karate.
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Zulkifli Hasan served as chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Kyokushinkan International Indonesia.
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Zulkifli Hasan is a practitioner of Tarung Derajat, a full body contact Indonesian mixed martial art.
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On 8 July 2010, Zulkifli Hasan received a nobility title from Solo Palace in Central Java.
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Zulkifli Hasan was bestowed the title of Kanjeng Pangeran Noto Wononagoro for his efforts to preserve Javanese culture.
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On 15 November 2017, Zulkifli Hasan was awarded the title of Pangeran Kerta Jaya Alam Nata from an organization of residents of Lubuklinggau in South Sumatra.
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Organizers said Zulkifli Hasan is the only person to receive the title.