Muhammad Sohibul Iman (born 5 October 1965) is an Indonesian politician and a member of the

Prosperous Justice Party The Prosperous Justice Party ( id, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, sometimes called the Justice and Prosperity Party), frequently abbreviated to PKS, is an IslamistAl-Hamdi, Ridho. (2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contempo ...

. He succeeded

Anis Matta Muhammad Anis Matta (born December 7, 1968 at Bone, Southern Sulawesi) is a former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and now Gelora Party politician. He was the secretary-general of PKS for four consecutive terms (1998–2013) and was appointed for ...

as Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian

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when Anis was appointed President of the Prosperous Justice Party by its Syura Assembly.

Early life and education

Iman was born in

Tasikmalaya en, Neaty City , nickname = nl, Delhi Van Java en, Delhi of Java , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top: Great Mosque of Tasi ...

on 5 October 1965. He attended

Bogor Agricultural University IPB University (, abbreviated as IPB) is a state-run agricultural university based in the regency of Bogor, Indonesia. The institute began as an agricultural school formed by the Dutch colonial regime in the early 20th century. After independenc ...

for three terms until he received a scholarship and moved to

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, where he earned a Bachelor of Engineering, then a Master of Engineering from

Takushoku University Takushoku University (拓殖大学; ''Takushoku Daigaku'', abbreviated as 拓大 ''Takudai'') is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Duke Taro Katsura (1848–1913).

and a PhD from the Graduate School of Science Knowledge at

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology is a postgraduate university in Japan, established in 1990. JAIST was established in the centre of Ishikawa Science Park (ISP). It is to the south of Kanazawa City. JAIST has programs of advanced research and development in science and technol ...

(JAIST).

Political career

In 1998, Sohibul joined the Justice Party and became the head of its Department of Technology and Environment. In 2005, he became head of the party's Economy, Finance, Industry, and Technology Department, a position he held until 2010. He was elected to the

in 2009, became a member of the People's Representative Council's State Financial Accountibility Agency in 2010 and 12 February 2013, became Deputy Speaker of the Council after Matta was promoted, replacing Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq who was convicted of corruption. In the

People's Consultative Assembly The People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, MPR-RI) is the legislative branch in Politics of Indonesia, Indonesia's political system. It is composed of the membe ...

, he is one of 35 members of the Four Pillars of National Socialization team. He was reelected to the council for 2014-2019, but he resigned in 2017.

Other Activities

Sohibul is active in organizations, such as ISTECS (Institute for Science and Technology Studies), YPNF (Nurul Fikri Education Foundation), HSF (Hokuriku Scientific Forum), MITI (Indonesian Scientist and Technologist Society), YIT (Technology Innovation Foundation), ISSS (International Society for System Sciences), JSSPRM (Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management), and IEEE (Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iman, Sohibul 1965 births Living people People from Tasikmalaya Prosperous Justice Party politicians Waseda University alumni Takushoku University alumni Members of the People's Representative Council, 2009 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014