List Of People From Aceh
This is a listing of notable people born in, or notable for their association with, Aceh. __NOTOC__ A * Mustafa Abubakar, politician and formerly governor of the province of Aceh (Pidie Jaya Regency) B * Daud Bereueh, military Governor of Aceh and leader of the Darul Islam rebellion in the province (Pidie Regency) C * Bachtiar Chamsyah, politician in United Development Party (PPP) and Indonesian government minister under Yudhoyono presidency (Sigli) D * Cut Nyak Dhien, National Hero of Indonesia (Aceh Besar Regency) * Jusman Syafii Djamal, Minister of Transportation (Langsa) * Hilbram Dunar, television presenter, radio broadcaster, master of ceremonies, and entertainer ( Banda Aceh) H * Teuku Muhammad Hasan, National Hero of Indonesia, politician, The first Governor of Sumatera (Pidie Regency) * Miftahul Hamdi, footballer ( Banda Aceh) J * Teuku Jacob, paleoanthropologist (Peureulak) * Jalwandi, footballer (Langsa) M * Azriana Manalu, women's rights activist * Cu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aceh
Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a special autonomous status, Aceh is a religiously conservative territory and the only Indonesian province practicing the Sharia law officially. There are ten indigenous ethnic groups in this region, the largest being the Acehnese people, accounting for approximately 80% to 90% of the region's population. Aceh is where the spread of Islam in Indonesia began, and was a key factor of the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia. Islam reached Aceh (Kingdoms of Fansur and Lamuri) around 1250 AD. In the early 17th century the Sultanate of Aceh was the most wealthy, powerful and cultivated state in the Malacca Straits region. Aceh has a history of political independence and resistance to control by outsiders, including the former Dutch colonists and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teuku Muhammad Hasan
Teuku Mohammad Hasan ( EVO: Teoekoe Moehammad Hasan; 4 April 1906 – 21 September 1997) was an Indonesian politician and national hero from Aceh, who served as the first and only governor of Sumatra from 1945 until 1948. He also served as a cabinet minister in Sjafruddin Prawiranegara's emergency cabinet and was a member of both the Senate of the United States of Indonesia (USI) and the Provisional People's Representative Council (DPRS) of the Republic of Indonesia. Born to an aristocratic family in present-day Aceh, Teuku Mohammad Hasan studied law at Leiden University. During his time there, he joined the '' Perhimpoenan Indonesia'' association, becoming involved in the Indonesian independence movement. After graduating in 1933, he returned to Aceh, and became active in the Islamic organization Muhammadiyah. During the Japanese occupation, he was a member of the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence. Following the proclamation of independence, he was appointe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metro TV (Indonesia)
Metro TV is an Indonesian free-to-air television news network based in West Jakarta. It was established on 25 November 2000 and now has over 52 relay stations all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh who also owns the ''Media Indonesia'' daily. These two, along with other newspapers distributed in different parts of Indonesia, are part of the Media Group. It is the only TV network to offer Mandarin-language news programs in Indonesia and no soap opera, although recently it has also begun to broadcast entertainment and multicultural programs such as the now-defunct tech show ''e-Lifestyle'', the satirical news and current affairs show ''Republik Mimpi'' (The Dream Republic), musical programming such as ''Musik+'' and ''Idenesia'', and other special or regional programming. History Metro TV was launched on 25 November 2000 by Abdurrahman Wahid, the fourth President of Indonesia. Metro TV was the first Indonesian television network to have been officially inaugurated by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Media Indonesia
''Media Indonesia'' is an Indonesian daily newspaper published in Jakarta. Reports say ''Media Indonesia'' is the second largest newspaper in Indonesia after the ''Kompas'' daily. ''Media Indonesias market share was growing from one percent to 18 percent in 2003 (AC Nielsen). History When ''Media Indonesia'' was first published in January 1970, it was a weekly newspaper with only four pages and very limited reporting. In 1976, it was enlarged to eight pages. In 1988, its founder, Teuku Yousli Syah, joined forces with Surya Paloh, the former owner of the newspaper ''Prioritas'', and formed a new company, PT Citra Media Nusa Purnama. This marked the birth of the new ''Media Indonesia'' under the direction of a new management team. The newspaper was, at that time, run from an office in Gondangdia, Central Jakarta. The new management set about improving the content and appearance of the paper, and its circulation grew rapidly. ''Media Indonesia'' now became available throughout th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Surya Paloh
Surya Dharma Paloh (born 16 July 1951) is an Indonesian businessman and politician who owns Media Group, the ''Media Indonesia'' daily newspaper and ''MetroTV,'' a 24-hour news television channel. In politics, he was the chairman of the advisory board of the Golkar Party, the third biggest political party in Indonesia. He is also the founder of National Democrat mass organization, which later gave birth to the Nasdem Party The Nasdem Party ( id, Partai NasDem) is a political party in Indonesia. It is partly funded by media baron Surya Paloh who founded the similarly named organization, National Democrats ( id, Nasional Demokrat). Despite this, and logo similarity, N ... (Partai Nasional Demokrat) on 26 July 2011. References External links *Surya Paloh {{DEFAULTSORT:Paloh, Surya 1951 births Living people People from Banda Aceh Nasdem Party politicians Golkar politicians University of North Sumatra alumni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Muhammad Nazar
Muhammad Nazar, S.Ag. (born 1 July 1973 in Ulim, Pidie Regency, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam), is the former deputy governor of the province of Aceh, Indonesia He held office during 2007-2012 having been elected in the 2006 Acehnese regional elections along with Irwandi Yusuf Irwandi Yusuf (ايرواندي يوسف; born 2 August 1960) is an Indonesian politician who was the Governor of Aceh. He was re-elected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012. Irwandi first won a term as g ... who was elected governor. Muhammad Nazar was a lecturer in the IAIN Ar-Raniry (''Institut Agama Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry'' or the ''Ar-Raniry State Islamic Religious Institute'') in Banda Aceh until his election as deputy governor in 2006 and former head of Acehnese Referendum Information Centre. Muhamad Nazar stood for governor in the Acehnese gubernatorial election in 2012 but was unsuccessful. References # Muhammad Nazar Centre. http://mncenter.blogspot.c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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North Aceh Regency
North Aceh Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Utara) is a List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Aceh Special District), in Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency covers an area of 3,236.86 square kilometres and had a population of 534,085 at the 2010 census and 602,793 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 608,106. The administrative centre is now at Lhoksukon; this followed the separation in 2001 of the former capital of Lhokseumawe, which was cut out of the regency by Law No. 2 of 2001 on 21 June 2001 to form an independent city. Economy This regency is included in one of the largest industrial regions outside Java (island), Java, especially with the opening of liquid gas processing industry plants based on PT Arun LNG in Lhokseumawe, 1974. There were several large factories nearby at the time: PT.Kertas Kraft Aceh, pabrik Pupuk AAF (Aceh Asean Fertilizer) and pabrik Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM). The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cut Nyak Meutia
Tjoet Nja Meuthia (February 15, 1870 – October 24, 1910), also known as Tjut Meutia or Cut Meutia, was an Indonesian national heroine. Life Meutia was born in 1870 in Perlak, Aceh. When she grew into adulthood, she married Teuku Sam Searah. They divorced not long afterward. Against the Dutch Cut Nyak Meutia's new husband was Cut Muhammad or Teuku Cik Tunong. Differing from his brother, Cut Muhammad did not obey the Dutch because he didn't accept their colonization of Aceh. Cut Muhammad and his wife worked hand in hand with the Acehnese to fight against the Dutch. In 1899 Teuku Cik Tunong led a successful attack against the Dutch. In the beginning, the Dutch troops were at a loss as to what to do. In the following two years, however, Cik Tunong and his troops had not made any movements. The Dutch thought that they might have lost their spirit. Yet in 1901, Teuku Cik Tunong and his troops made a sudden attack and succeeded in destroying the Dutch defense there. For his s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Azriana Manalu
Azriana Manalu is an Acehnese women's rights activist and lawyer, who was Chair of the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) in Indonesia. Early life and education Manalu was born in Lhoksukon, North Aceh, on 7 March 1968. She graduated with a degree in Law from Syiah Kuala University Syiah Kuala University ( id, Universitas Syiah Kuala), abbreviated as USK (formerly: ''Unsyiah''), founded on 2 September 1961, is the largest and the oldest national university in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The name of the university is taken from t ..., Banda Aceh, in 1993. Career Manalu has worked as a lawyer since she was 27 and works to aid victims of violence against women. In 1995 she joined LBH Iskandar Muda Lhoksumawe as a lawyer. From 2000 she worked for LBH APIK Aceh, later joining their Board of Management. She has worked as commissioner of Komnas Perempuan since 2009 and was elected as Chair in 2015, a role she held until 2019. References External ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jalwandi
Jalwandi Jamal (born 13 February 1993) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 3 club Persikota Tangerang. Career Persita Tangerang On 19 May 2014, he made his debut and scored a goal in a 2–0 win against Persijap Jepara Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an Indonesian football club based in Jepara, Central Java. After winning 2019 Liga 3, they compete in the Liga 2. Their nickname is ''Laskar Kalinyamat'' (Kalinyamat Warriors) and ' .... References External links * Player profilat goal.com 1993 births Living people Indonesian footballers Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Persita Tangerang players Cilegon United players Sportspeople from Aceh Association football midfielders {{Indonesia-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peureulak
Peureulak Sultanate or Perlak Sultanate is the earliest sultanate in Southeast Asia, believed to have converted to Islam as early as the 9th century. The location of Peureulak is in what is now the East Aceh Regency, Indonesia. Perlak or Peureulak is well known as a ''perlak'' wood producing area, a type of wood that is very good for shipbuilding. Its natural products and strategic position made Perlak develop as a commercial port that advanced in the 8th century, visited by ships which included Arab and Persian origin. This led to the development of Islamic societies in this area, mainly as a result of mixed marriages between Muslim merchants and local women. Hikayat Aceh The ''Hikayat Aceh'' text reveals that the spread of Islam in northern Sumatra was carried out by an Arab scholar named Sheikh Abdullah Arif in 1112. The book Zhufan Zhi (諸蕃 志), written by Zhao Rugua in 1225, cited the record of a geographer, Chou Ku-fei, in 1178 that there is a Muslim country with only f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |