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Yahya A. Muhaimin
22nd
Minister of National Education of Indonesia
In office
23 October 1999 – 22 July 2001
PresidentAbdurrahman Wahid
Preceded byJuwono Soedarsono
Succeeded byAbdul Malik Fadjar
Personal details
Born(1943-09-29)29 September 1943
Died9 February 2022(2022-02-09) (aged 78)
Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia

Yahya A. Muhaimin (17 May 1943 – 9 February 2022), also known as Jahja Muhaimin, was an Indonesian politician who served as Education Minister from 1999 to 2001.[1][2]

Biography

Yahya was born on 29 September 1943 in

Subuh (during the dawn hours). In the next three years, Yahya learned fiqh, tafsir, tarikh, and the hadiths from several ulama (scholars of Islam).[5]

Yahya was also active in scouting activities. He was a member of Pandu Islam, an Islamic scouting organization. He had been chosen as one of the representatives of the organization to take part in International Jamboree in Manila, the Philippines; however, his father forbade him from attending.[6] After graduating in 1956 from SR-5 and Ta`allamul Huda' (the madrasah took one year longer) he continued to Sekolah Menengah Islam (Islamic junior high school) on his parents' orders, although he wanted to study at SMP Negeri Brebes (Brebes State Junior High School).[7]

After graduating from junior high school Yahya wanted to continue his studies in

Tegal. There Yahya attended SMA Negeri 1 Tegal. At this school he was not comfortable because of the hot weather; plus he went to school at noon. In the end of August 1959 he returned home and told his father he wanted to transfer to SMA Negeri 1 Purwokerto, a wish his father granted. However, in Purwokerto he was rejected because there were no openings. The headmaster recommended that he enroll in a public high school first, and then attempt a transfer. Yahya registered at SMA Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, and after a quarter semester he was able to transfer to the state school.[8]

In the second year of high school Yahya won a scholarship to study in the US for one year (1962–1963) through an

Cedar Rapids, 90 km from the Hohns' house.[11] He became the secretary of Student Council in the school.[12] Almost every Sunday he went to church accompanying the Hohn family praying. Starting in December he also made a speech in several places in the city which was a task from AFS.[13] He met President Kennedy at White House's yard in May 1963.[14] Yahya went back to Indonesia in July 1963 after one year studying there.[12] 5 months after his return to Indonesia Yahya wrote a letter telling that he was impressed by De Witt people and the letter was contained in The De Witt Observer edition 26 December 1963.[15]

After graduating from high school, Yahya enrolled at public administration department,

Harvard and became the member of JOSPOD (Joint Seminar on Political Development Harvard-MIT) in 1980 which enabled him to meet Alfred Stepan, Robert Dahl, Samuel P. Huntington, and other professors. Yahya completed his college for around four years and eight months. He then continued to doctoral program and graduated in 1982.[23]

Works and legacy

In 1973 his thesis was named as the best thesis by the university and was published as a book titled Perkembangan Militer dalam Politik di Indonesia 1945–1966 by Gadjah Mada University Press. Yahya claimed that it was precisely because he was married to Choifah so she could help him in his thesis.[24]

Yahya's dissertation Indonesian Economic Policy, 1950–1980: the Politics of Client Businessmen was published as a book by LP3ES (Lembaga Penelitian Pendidikan dan Penerangan Ekonomi dan Sosial) and was renamed Bisnis dan Politik, Kebijakan Ekonomi Indonesia 1950–1980. It was printed for 5,000 copies; three months later it was reprinted for 20,000 copies. He wrote on his dissertation that Indonesia in 1950–1980, although it used different political system—Parliamentary Democracy,

Lucian W. Pye (Yahya's supervisor at MIT), Nono Anwar Makarim (legal adviser), and Todung Mulya Lubis (expert lawyer).[27] One year later, Ismet Fanani claimed that the book was a copy of Richard Robison's Capitalism and the Bureaucratic State in Indonesia, 1965–1975. However, Daniel Dhakidae, a Cornell graduate researcher writing for Kompas 22 November 1992 edition, states that both books are different.[28]

Death

Yahya died in Purwokerto, Central Java on 9 February 2022, at the age of 78.[29]

Notes

  1. ^ According to his own testimony, his real birth date is 29 September 1943, but it is written 17 May 1943 on official documents; 17 is his birth date on the Hijri calendar, (17 Ramadan), and May is the month when he was asked when was he born by his teacher. His birth name is Yahya, but according to the tradition, one's father's name is to be included to one's name; as such, his name became Yahya bin Abdul Muhaimin (Yahya, the son of Abdul Muhaimin), or simply Yahya Abdul Muhaimin.
  2. ^ Original: "Inilah prestasi luar biasa yang pernah dicapai dalam riwayat buku ilmiah di Indonesia".
  3. ^ Original: "Buku paling laris".

References

  1. ^ Country report: Indonesia Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain) – 2000 – Page 15
  2. .
  3. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 17, 20–23
  4. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 5, 11
  5. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 24–27
  6. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 29–31
  7. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 29, 31–32
  8. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 40–45, 91
  9. ^ Busyairi 2012, p. 31
  10. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 48–50
  11. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 55–56
  12. ^ a b Busyairi 2012, p. 66
  13. ^ Busyairi 2012, p. 61
  14. ^ Busyairi 2012, p. 68
  15. ^ Busyairi 2012, p. 62
  16. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 68–69
  17. ^ Busyairi 2012, p. 75
  18. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 82–83
  19. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 84–86
  20. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 76–79, 87
  21. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 92–94
  22. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 95–97
  23. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 101–105
  24. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 79, 88
  25. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 105–106, 110
  26. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 111–112
  27. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 114–122
  28. ^ Busyairi 2012, pp. 122–125
  29. ^ "Kabar Duka Mantan Menteri Pendidikan Yahya Muhaimin Meninggal Dunia di RS Purwokerto". Pikiran Rakyat (in Indonesian). 9 February 2022.

Bibliography

  • Busyairi, Badruzzaman (2012). Tiga Kota Satu Pengabdian: Jejak Perjalanan Yahya A. Muhaimin. Yogyakarta: Tiara Wacana. .