Murad Ismail (born 11 September 1961) is an Indonesian politician and policeman, who is serving as the current

Governor of Maluku The governor of Maluku (Indonesian language, Indonesian: Gubernur Maluku) is the first-level regional head in Maluku (province) along with the deputy governor and 45 members of the . The governor and deputy governor of Maluku are elected through ...

. Prior to becoming governor, Murad was a retired high-ranking National Police officer who became the Inspector General of the Police.

Early life and education

He was born to a simple family in Waihaong,

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on September 11, 1961. He studied elementary school in 1974, junior high school in 1977 and high school in 1981 in Ambon. After graduating from high school, he immediately entered the Indonesian National Police Academy and graduated in 1985.

Policing career

After graduating from the Police Academy, Murad who held the rank of Police Inspector 2nd Class, and was assigned to the

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police as Platoon Commander of the KIE 5153 Central Sulawesi Police on 3 November 1985. On 7 April 1988, he became Head of Sub-Department of Hartib, then Head of Sub-Department of Investigation Development and Head of Sub-Section for Operations Bureau Investigation at the Central Sulawesi Police. On 28 February 1994, Murad was assigned to the Moluccan Police Mobile Brigade Headquarters with the position of company commander of Police Mobile Briagade 5154 Maluku Regional Police and on 5 August 1996, Murad became the Deputy Chief of the Police Mobile Briagade Task Force for

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. After the operation in Timor, on 2 April 1997, Murad was appointed battalion commander B Regiment I Pioneer. And on 28 December 1998 became detachment commander B Regiment II Gegana of the Indonesian National Police. On 2 January 2006, Murad was promoted to Head of Mobile Brigade for North Sumatra Police. And on 23 October 2008, Murad was promoted again to Head of Mobile Brigade Head of Regional Police of Metro Jaya. After being the Head of Police Mobile Briagade at Metro Jaya, on 30 December 2010 Murad became an Intermediate Policy Analyst for the Mobile Brigade of the Police. On March 25, 2013, Murad became regional police chief of Maluku and continued as regional police chief of Maluku until 14 December 2013 with the rank of

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. Successfully becoming the Police Chief of Maluku, Murad was inaugurated as the Head of Police Mobile Briagade headquarters on December 31, 2015.

Governor of Maluku

Election

After retiring from the police in 2018, Murad ran for

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in the 2018 governor election. Murad was supported by his own Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle in the election, as well as a number of other parties. Including the

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, and a number of other smaller parties. Murad was paired with Barnabas Orno as his running mate, and faced incumbent governor Said Assagaff, who had the support of

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, the

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, and the Crescent Star party. Independent candidate Herman Koedoeboen, also ran in the election. The Murad-Orno ticket won the election with 40,83%, defeating Said, who received 31,16%, and Herman, who received 28,01%.

Tenure

Swearing in

Murad was sworn in as governor on 24 April 2019, by president Joko Widodo, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. Together with his deputy governor, Barnabas. The following is the oath of office both Murad and Barnabas.

Kempupera project controversy

On 18 December 2019, Deputy Governor Barnabas Orno was summoned by the

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as a witness related to the alleged bribery of a road project at the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing in 2016, when Orno was still the Regent of Southwest Maluku. Reportedly, Murad was only notified the day before, and was not consulted by Orno beforehand.

Covid-19

When the

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spread to Maluku, governor Murad established a series of " large-scale social restrictions," instead of

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to prevent the spread of the virus. Recently, governor Murad supported limited face-to-face learning in

to be implemented immediately. Stating "Now that Ambon is level 3, face-to-face learning must be carried out."

Personal life

Murad has a wife named Widya Pratiwi, and together they have for children. Including Mega Natasya, Reza Ananta P, Nabila Athaya Ismail, and Murad JR Ismail.

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References

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