Tutty Alawiyah (March 30, 1942 – May 4, 2016), sometimes spelled Tuty Alawiyah, was an Indonesian politician and

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advocate. She served as Minister of State for Women's Affairs from March 1998 to October 1999 during the administrations of both

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Suharto Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto ...

and his successor, President

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. Alawiyah, the daughter of an Islamic scholar named Abdullah Syaffi'ie, was born in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

on March 30, 1942. She graduated from

Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta ( Indonesian: Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Arabic: جامعة شريف هداية الله الإسلامية الحكومية جاكرتا) is a public university in I ...

, which had previously been known as Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Institute. In March 1998, Tutty Alawiyah was appointed Minister of State for Women's Affairs during the waning days of the Suharto administration. She continued to serve as Minister for Women's Affairs under Suharto's successor, President

until October 1999. Alawiyah was the former President of the International Women’s Union, which has branches in approximately eighty countries. She was also an executive member of the

Indonesian Ulema Council Indonesian Ulema Council ( id, Majelis Ulama Indonesia, ar, مجلس العلماء الإندونيسي, abbreviated MUI) is Indonesia's top Islamic scholars body. MUI was founded in Jakarta on July 26, 1975 during the New Order era. The council ...

(MUI) and the Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI). She later founded and served as the

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of Assyafiiyah Islamic University in

Pondok Gede Bekasi (, su, ) is a city in West Java, Indonesia, located on the eastern border of Jakarta.the city of planet Bekasi is his nickname.It serves as a commuter city within the Jakarta metropolitan area. According to the 2020 Census by Statistics ...

Bekasi Bekasi (, su, ) is a city in West Java, Indonesia, located on the eastern border of Jakarta.the city of planet Bekasi is his nickname.It serves as a commuter city within the Jakarta metropolitan area. According to the 2020 Census by Statistics ...

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, a position she held until her death in May 2016. Tutty Alawiyah died at Metropolitan Medical Center (MMC) in

Kuningan Kuningan ( su, ᮊᮥᮔᮤᮍᮔ᮪) is a town and district located in eastern West Java, Indonesia, between Cirebon Cirebon (, formerly rendered Cheribon or Chirebon in English) is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of ...

, at 7.15 a.m. on May 4, 2016, following a two-week hospitalization. Alawiyah was 74 years old. She was survived by five children and thirteen grandchildren. Her five children include Dailami Firdaus, a member of the Jakarta Regional Council.

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