Lukman Hakim Saifuddin

Early life Lukman Hakim Saifuddin was born in Jakarta, on 25 November 1962. His father, Saifuddin Zuhri, was a politician, journalist, educator and Muslim cleric, who was Minister of Religious Affairs under president Sukarno, from 1962 until 1967 while his mother was a woman named Solichah. Education As a child, Lukman Hakim studied religion from his mother. He went to SDN Jakarta for elementary school, and SMPN XI Jakarta for junior high school. After this, he entered the Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor in Ponorogo, East Java, graduating in 1983, at the age of 21. Early career Even in university, he was active in managing the Nadhlatul Ulama. He was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Central Executive Board of the Nadhlatul Ulama Family Welfare Institution (LKKNU) from 1985 until 1988. Later he was involved in the Nadhlatul Ulama Research and Development Center (Lakpesdam) as Deputy Secretary, Head of General Administration, Study and Research Program Coordinator, Education and Training Program Coordinator, until he became Chairman of the Governing Body from 1996 until 1999. == Political career ==

People's Representative Council Saifuddin became interested in politics in the early 1990s, and officially became a member of the United Development Party (PPP), an Islamist political party in early 1994. In the 1997 Indonesian legislative elections, Saifuddin was elected as a member of the People's Representative Council at the age of 35. As a member of the People's Representative Council, Saifuddin pulled the PPP closer to the political center. He was subsequently re-elected in the 1999, 2004, and 2009 legislative elections, eventually becoming the Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly. Minister of Religious Affairs Under Yudhoyono At the end of 2014, he was appointed by president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as Minister of Religious Affairs, replacing Suryadharma Ali, who had been indicted in a corruption scandal involving illicit use of funds intended for the hajj. As Minister of Religious Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, he only served for three months at the end of Yudhoyono's term. Under Joko Widodo When Joko Widodo was elected as the new president in 2014, he was reappointed Minister of Religious Affairs in the 2014–2019 Working Indonesia Cabinet. == Personal life ==

Saifuddin is married to Trisna Willy, and together they have three children namely, Naufal Zilal Kemal, Zahira Humaira, and Sabilla Salsabilla. ==Gallery==

File:Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, Buku Kenangan Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia 1999-2004, p72.jpg|Saifuddin as a member of the People's Representative Council File:Lukman Hakim Saifuddin MPR.jpg|Saifuddin as Deputy Speaker File:Kabinet Kerja Lukman Hakim Saifuddin.jpg|Saifuddin as Religious Affairs Minister under Yudhoyono File:Lukman Hakim Saifuddin.jpg|Saifuddin as Religious Affairs Minister under Joko Widodo ==References==