#Religion
Muhadjir Effendy
Muhadjir Effendy was born in Madiun in 1956, is the sixth child of nine children from the husband and wife pair Soeroja and Sri Soebita. He is the current Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs. He is married to Suryan Widati and has children: Muktam Roya Azidan, Senoshaumi Hably, and Harbantyo Ken Najjar.
Moh. Mahfud MD
Mahfud MD was born in Madura in 1957, with the name Mohammad Mahfud from the wife of Mahmodin and Siti Khadidjah. He is the current Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. Mahfud MD's father, kept a low-level employee in Sampang Regency. Mahfud MD studied Islam at the diniyyah madrasa. Then he continued to a State Elementary School and in the afternoon he studied religion at Madrasah Ibtida'iyyah, then studied religion at Surau. Then to the Somber Lagah Islamic Boarding School to study religion. Mahfud did not continue his education at SMPN but he continued his education at the State Religious Teacher Education (PGA) in Pamekasan.
Ma’ruf Amin
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.
Abdul Muhaiman Iskandar, from teacher to politician
Abdul Halim Iskandar was educated in a madrasah (Islamic school) from a very young age. He is very well educated in religion, philosophy, and educational sociology. He started out as a teacher at a madrasah then a dean at a university, and later on becoming the speaker of the Regional Legislative Council (DPRD). Iskandar owns a hospital, funded by the Nahdlatul Ulama institution before becoming the Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration for the period of 2019-2024.