Nur Alam Explained

Nur Alam Islam
Office:Governor of Southeast Sulawesi
Term Start1:18 February 2008
Term End1:5 July 2017
President1:Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Predecessor1:Zainal Arifin
Successor1:Saleh Lasata
Birth Date:9 July 1967
Birth Place:Konda, South Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Citizenship:Indonesian
Party:National Mandate Party

Nur Alam (born 9 July 1967) is a former Governor of South East Sulawesi.[1] He was inaugurated for his first five-year term in 2008, and for his second in 2013.

The inauguration of Alam's second term proved controversial. Student groups protested due to Alam's implication in a graft case by the Corruption Eradication Commission, though the Supreme Court of Indonesia upheld the victory when Alam's election rival filed a legal challenge.[2] Formal graft accusations by the Commission in 2017 eventually led Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo to promote Alam's deputy Saleh Lasata to acting governor in July that year.[3]

He was sentenced by the Jakarta Corruption Court in April 2018 to 12 years in prison, with official estimated losses of the state at Rp 1.5 trillion.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Moses Ompusunggu . Nur Alam gets 12 years for bribery linked to ecological destruction . 15 December 2022 . The Jakarta Post . 29 March 2018 . Jakarta.
  2. Farouk Arnaz, Protest Turns Violent at Southeast Sulawesi Governor’s Swearing In. Jakarta Globe, 19 February 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. https://en.antaranews.com/news/111721/lasata-appointed-as-acting-se-sulawesi-governor Lasata appointed as acting SE Sulawesi governor
  4. News: Chairunnisa . Ninis . KPK Minta Hakim Tolak Gugatan Nur Alam terhadap Saksi Ahli . 16 January 2019 . Tempo . 2 October 2018 . id.