Ma'ruf Amin - image source: Kompas/ Garry Andrew Lotulung
Ma'ruf Amin was born in Banten in 1943, he is the current Vice President. Amin spent most of his early life in Tangerang, where he inherited a tradition of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) from his family. His family chose to send Ma'ruf Amin to the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School in Jombang, East Java. After graduating he continued his education at the Ibn Chaldun University in Bogor, West Java. Amin is known to be a descendant of Syaikh Nawawi Banten (great-grandson of Syekh Nawawi Banten). He then received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) in Sharia Economic Law from UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. After the death of his wife in 2013, Amin later took another marriage in 2014 with a widow named Wury Estu Handayani.
Education:
- Pesantren Ireng Islamic Boarding School, Jombang;
- S-1 Ibn Chaldun University, Bogor;
- S-3 Honoris Causa UIN Syarif Hidayatullah.
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