Nasaruddin Umar

Nasaruddin Umar
Official portrait, 2024
25th Minister of Religious Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 2024
President	Prabowo Subianto
Deputy	Muhammad Syafi'i
Preceded by	Yaqut Cholil Qoumas
5th Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 January 2016
Preceded by	Ali Mustafa Yaqub
1st Vice Minister of Religious Affairs
In office 2011–2014
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Vice President	Boediono
Succeeded by	Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi
Personal details
Born	(1959-06-23) June 23, 1959 Bone, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Alma mater	UIN Alauddin Makassar UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta McGill University Canada Sorbonne University France Leiden University Netherlands
Profession	Civil servant
Awards	Star of Mahaputera (2014)

Nasaruddin Umar is an Indonesian islamic scholar who is currently serving as Minister for Religious Affairs and the grand Imam of the Istiqlal Mosque and the founder of the Indonesian interfaith organization Masyarakat Dialog antar Umat Beragama and was vice minister (2011–2014) in the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs. He is also a member of the UK-Indonesia Advisory Team, founded by UK prime minister Tony Blair.

He is the author of 12 books, among them: Argumen Kesetaraan Gender Perspektif Al-Quran (Paramadina, 1999), which examines gender bias in the Quran.

Education

Nasaruddin Umar did his postgraduate studies at Syarif Hidayatullah University, Jakarta resulting is a Magister degree (1992), and a doctorate (1998).

During his doctorate studies, he was a visiting student for a PhD Program at McGill University, Montreal, Canada (1993–1994), and a visiting student for a PhD Program at Leiden University, Netherlands (1994–1995).

After achieving his doctorate, he was a visiting scholar at Sopia University, Tokyo (2001), a visiting scholar at SOAS University of London (2001–2002), and a visiting Scholar at Georgetown University, Washington DC (2003–2004).

External links

• nasaruddinumar.org