Fauzi was the
Minister of Home Affairs in the
Second United Indonesia Cabinet and head of the
Department of Home Affairs in the
Second United Indonesia Cabinet. He was the first non military individual that held the position since
PNI cadre,
Sanusi, in the late 1950s. He holds a bachelor's degree from the
Andalas University School of Law in
Padang. He won the Bung Hatta Award for his efforts to battle corruption. Despite having been supported by the
Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle in his successful election campaign for the governorship of
West Sumatra, he supported
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of the rival
Democrat Party in the
2009 Indonesian presidential election. He achieved the ideals ambitions commonly held by a civil service by having experiences to designated as a Regent, a Governor and finally a Minister of Home Affairs . “I am among the lucky officer. During the past 10 years, I experienced the era of five presidents since Suharto era until Yudhoyono." ==References==