Mahfud MD

Mahfud MD
Official portrait, 2022
14th Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs
In office 23 October 2019 – 2 February 2024
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Wiranto
Succeeded by	Tito Karnavian (acting) Hadi Tjahjanto
2nd Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court
In office 19 August 2008 – 3 April 2013
Preceded by	Jimly Asshiddiqie
Succeeded by	Akil Mochtar
24th Minister of Justice and Human Rights
In office 20 July 2001 – 23 July 2001
President	Abdurrahman Wahid
Preceded by	Marsillam Simanjuntak
Succeeded by	Yusril Ihza Mahendra
21st Minister of Defense
In office 26 August 2000 – 20 July 2001
President	Abdurrahman Wahid
Preceded by	Juwono Sudarsono
Succeeded by	Agum Gumelar
Roles of acting minister
2014–2016	Acting Minister of Home Affairs
2022	Acting Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform
2023	Acting Minister of Communication and Information Technology
Personal details
Born	Mohammad Mahfud (1957-05-13) 13 May 1957 (age 67) Sampang Madura, Indonesia
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	PKB (until 2008)
Spouse	Zaizatun Nihayati ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Islamic University of Indonesia (S.H.) Gajah Mada University (S.U., M.I.P., Dr.)
Occupation	Politician academician

Mohammad Mahfud Mahmodin^[1] (born 13 May 1957), commonly known as Mahfud MD,^[2] is an Indonesian politician, and legal academic who served as the 14th Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024.^[3][4] He also previously served as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia, member of the People's Representative Council, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Law and Human Rights.

Born in Sampang, on 13 May 1957, he is of Madurese descent. He holds a master's degree in political science and a doctorate in constitutional law (1993) from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. He has taught constitutional law at the Faculty of Law at the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) in Yogyakarta since 1984,^[5] though he has also taught in a number of other universities in Indonesia. In 2000, he was appointed Minister of Defense by president Abdurrahman Wahid, before being briefly appointed to the office of Minister of Law and Human Rights for three days. In 2004, he was elected to the People's Representative Council (DPR), as a member of the National Awakening Party.

In 2008, he was selected as a judge of the Constitutional Court. In the election for chief justice, he narrowly defeated the incumbent Jimly Asshiddiqie to become the second chief justice of the court. He resigned from the DPR upon taking the position, serving until his term ended in April 2013.^[6] The end of Mahfud's time as chief justice was subsequently followed by intention to run for the presidential seat in 2014,^[7] which was eventually won by former Jakarta governor, Joko Widodo.

In 2019, he was rumored to be Joko Widodo's running mate in 2019. As vice president Jusuf Kalla was not eligible to serve for another term, due to term limits, as Jusuf Kalla had already served another five-year term as vice-president under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from 2004 to 2009. Though he was passed up for the position, which instead went to Ma'ruf Amin. In 2019, following Joko Widodo's re-election, he was appointed the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs.

Mahfud is a vice presidential candidate for 2024 Indonesian presidential election, together with Ganjar Pranowo who is running for president.