Patrialis Akbar

Patrialis Akbar

Akbar in 2010
27th Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Indonesia
Assumed office
October 22, 2009
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by Mohammad Andi Mattalatta
Succeeded by Amir Syamsuddin
Personal details
Born (1958-10-31) October 31, 1958
Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia
Nationality Indonesia
Religion Islam

Patrialis Akbar (born October 31, 1958) is an Indonesian lawyer and politician from Padang, West Sumatra. He was part of the Second United Indonesia Cabinet and served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights in Indonesia from October 22, 2009 until 20 October 2014. He obtained a law degree from the Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta and then had a career as an advocate.[1]

In 2013, former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attempted to appoint Akbar to the Constitutional Court of Indonesia at the end of Achmad Sodiki's term, but the Jakarta State Administrative Court blocked Akbar's appointment as well as that of his fellow justice Maria Farida Indrati. Legal activists cited Akbar's poor performance as a minister as well as his personal ties to the President.[2] Yudhoyono's office appealed the ruling on behalf of Akbar and Indrati,[3][4] succeeding after the Jakarta High Administrative Court found that the petition against Akbar and Indrati lacked legal standing for the challenge.[5]

Alongside Aswanto, Akbar was one of several judges or former judges who'd spoken out in favor of a Constitutional Court ruling to ban premarital sex.[6]

References

  1. ↑ VIVA News
  2. ↑ Ina Parlina , Administrative court strips Patrialis of MK seat. Jakarta Post, 24 December 2013. Accessed 17 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Palace Defends Patrialis Appointment, Prepares Appeal. Jakarta Globe, 24 December 2013. Accessed 24 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Indonesian govt considering appealing against verdict annulling constitutional court justice appointment. Antara News, 24 December 2013. Accessed 24 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Simon Butt, The Constitutional Court and Democracy in Indonesia, pg. 41. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2015. ISBN 9789004250598
  6. ↑ Hans Nicolas Jong, Rights activists to present their case at MK hearings. Jakarta Post, 25 August 2016.


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