Mustafa Abubakar (born 15 October 1949) is an Indonesian politician and formerly governor of the province of

Aceh Aceh ( , ; , Jawi script, Jawoë: ; Van Ophuijsen Spelling System, Old Spelling: ''Atjeh'') is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the northern end of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capit ...

. Mustafa was appointed to become Minister of State-Owned Enterprises in the

Second United Indonesia Cabinet The Second United Indonesia Cabinet () was sworn in on 22 October 2009, two days after the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the second term. The cabinet consisted of members from Yudhoyono's Democratic Party (Indonesia), Dem ...

, which was announced on 21 October 2009 following the re-election of

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired Indonesian Army, army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president of Ind ...

. Mustafa was brought into the cabinet after reforming the Indonesian Bureau of Logistics (Bulog), whose previous chairman, Widjanarko Puspoyo, had been involved in a corruption scandal. Mustafa Abubakar spent his childhood in Meureudu, the capital of the Pidie Jaya Regency in

. He was educated in the Fisheries and Marine Science Faculty of The

Bogor Agricultural University IPB University (, abbreviated as IPB; former English name: Bogor Agricultural University in the city of Bogor) is a state-run agricultural university based in the regency of Bogor Regency, Bogor, Indonesia. IPB has long been considered one of the ...

(Institut Pertanian Bogor/"IPB") and served as the chairman of the student council at IPB. After graduating in 1977 he worked as an agricultural consultant before joining the fisheries and maritime affairs ministry. In 2005 he was appointed the governor of his home province of Aceh after the previous governor, Abdullah Puteh, was indicted on corruption charges. Mustafa held the position of governor of Aceh for just over one year throughout 2006 (30 December 2005 to 8 February 2007). The period was an important one for Aceh. The major aid effort following the Asian tsunami of December 2004, in which about 170,000 people in Aceh died, was underway. In addition, the key Memorandum of Understanding signed in Helsinki in August 2005 to establish peace in the province after nearly 30 years of internal conflict was being implemented. There was therefore a great deal of interest, both from within Indonesia and abroad, in the management and governance of the province. The main events of his time in office are recorded in ''Berani tidak popular: Mustafa Abubakar memimpin Aceh masa transisi'' (Dare to be unpopular: Mustafa Abubakar's leadership of Aceh in a time of transition). He was succeeded as governor by Irwandi Yusuf who had formerly held positions in

Free Aceh Movement The Free Aceh Movement (, GAM; ) was a separatism, separatist group seeking independence for the Aceh region of Sumatra, Indonesia. GAM fought against Indonesian government forces in the Insurgency in Aceh, Aceh insurgency from 1976 to 2005. E ...

. Mustafa was appointed the Chairman of the Indonesian Bureau of Logistics in March 2007 following the indictment of Widjanarko.

Career as Minister of State Enterprises

In 2010, Mustafa sought to resurrect a controversial plan to improve ties with Iran by investing in an Iranian

fertiliser A fertilizer or fertiliser is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrition, plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from Liming (soil), liming materials or other non- ...

factory.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abubakar, Mustafa 1949 births Acehnese people Governors of Aceh Government ministers of Indonesia Bogor Agricultural University alumni Indonesian Muslims Living people People from Pidie Jaya Regency Politics of Aceh Politicians from Aceh