Darusman

 Mr Marzuki Darusman

Full Name: Mr Marzuki Darusman

Marzuki Darusman is a member of the IIGEP.  He was a Member of Parliament representing GOLKAR (the Functional Group) from 1972 to 1992, where he was identified as a key leader of the reformist bloc. He served as Deputy Secretary for Economics and Finance of the faction, Vice Chairman of Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence, Security, Information and member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva.

He served as Indonesia’s Attorney General under President Abdurachman Wahid after the historic 1999 election until the fall of the Wahid government in July 2001. A well-known human rights advocate, having earned much respect and admiration for establishing the credibility and independence of the Human Rights Commission in Indonesia during the Suharto era, he is currently one of the Chairmen of the Golkar Party in-charge of human rights, judicial affairs and the environment, and the Co-Chairman of the Regional Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism. 

Marzuki Darusman was born in Bogor, Indonesia, in 1945.  He graduated from the Faculty of Law  of the University of Parahyangan-Bandung, majoring in International Law.

 

 

 

 

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