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

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 s ...

. Mustafa was appointed as the

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for State Enterprises in the

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, 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 by his initials SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party ...

. Mustafa was brought into the cabinet after reforming the

Indonesian Bureau of Logistics The Indonesia Logistics Bureau ( Indonesian: ''Badan Urusan Logistik'' / BULOG) is a government-owned company in Indonesia formed in service to food distribution and price control. History Bulog was formed on 10 May 1967 following Suharto's rise ...

(Bulog), whose previous Chairman, Widjanarko Puspoyo, had been involved in a corruption scandal. Mustafa Abubakar spent his childhood in

Meureudu Meureudu or Keude Meureudu is a town in Aceh province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Pidie Jaya Regency Pidie Jaya Regency ( id, Kabupaten Pidie Jaya) is a regency in the Aceh Special region of Indonesia. It is located on the isl ...

, the capital of the

Pidie Jaya Regency Pidie Jaya Regency ( id, Kabupaten Pidie Jaya) is a regency in the Aceh Special region of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency was created out of part of Pidie Regency in 2007. The seat of the regency government is at Me ...

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

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 ...

(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 as 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

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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 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 had formerly held positions in

Free Aceh Movement The Free Aceh Movement ( id, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, GAM; ace, Geurakan Acèh Meurdèka / Gěrakan Aceh Měrdeka) was a separatist group seeking independence for the Aceh region of Sumatra, Indonesia. GAM fought against Indonesian government f ...

. Mustafa was appointed as 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

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by investing in an Iranian

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factory.

References

{{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