Abdul Halim Iskandar (1962)

Abdul Halim Iskandar has served as Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration since 2019. He grew up with his extended family at Mambaul Ma’arif Islamic Boarding School in Denanyar village, Jombang regency, East Java province.

This Islamic boarding school (pesantren) was founded by his great-grandfather, Bisri Syansuri, who was also one of the founders of Indonesia’s largest mass Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). After elementary and high school education at the pesantren, he completed his undergraduate studies in philosophy and sociology of education at Yogyakarta State Institute of Teaching and Education (now the State University of Yogyakarta) in 1987. He later received his master’s degree in Field Education Management from Malang Teacher Training College (now Malang State University) in 1995.

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