Basrief Arief (23 January 1947 – 23 March 2021) was an Indonesian prosecutor who served as the
Attorney General of Indonesia
The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: ''Kejaksaan Agung Republik Indonesia'') is the competent authority to advise the Government of Indonesia on matters of law. It serves as the central organization for the ...
from 26 November 2010 until 20 October 2014. He was born in
Tanjung Enim in
South Sumatra
South Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Selatan) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southeast of the island of Sumatra, The province spans and had a population of 8,467,432 at the 2020 Census. The capital of the province is Palembang. The pro ...
.
As attorney general, he was responsible for state prosecutions. In 2011, he fired several officials of the
Bojonegoro
Bojonegoro Regency ( id, Kabupaten Bojonegoro, older spelling is ''Kabupaten Bodjanegara'', jv, ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦨꦗꦤꦼꦒꦫ, translit=Kabupatèn Bojånegårå) is a regency in East Java, Indonesia, about 110 km west of Sur ...
Prosecutor's Office in
East Java
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, for their role in a case in which a wealthy female corruption convict paid another woman to serve her prison term.
He died on 23 March 2021, at the age of 74.
Jaksa Agung di Era SBY, Basrief Arief Meninggal Dunia
References
2021 deaths
1947 births
20th-century Indonesian lawyers
Attorneys General of Indonesia
People from South Sumatra
21st-century Indonesian lawyers
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