Idham Chalid

K. H. Idham Chalid
Idham Chalid in 1960
7th Chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council
In office 31 March 1978 – 19 March 1983
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Wilopo
Succeeded by	Maraden Panggabean
3rd Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly
In office 28 October 1971 – 30 September 1977
President	Suharto
Deputy	See list Sumiskum (1971–1977) Domo Pranoto (1971–1977) Muhammad Sudjono (1977) Jailani Naro (1971–1977) Mohammad Isnaeni (1971–1977)
Preceded by	Abdul Haris Nasution
Succeeded by	Adam Malik
6th Speaker of the People's Representative Council
In office 28 October 1971 – 30 September 1977
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Achmad Sjaichu
Succeeded by	Adam Malik
Group represented in People's Representative Council
1971–1973	Group of Nahdlatul Ulama
1973–1982	United Development Party
Ministerial roles
1956–1959	Deputy Prime Minister
1968–1971	Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare
1970–1971	Acting Minister of Social Affairs
Personal details
Born	(1921-08-27)27 August 1921 Satui, Dutch East Indies
Died	11 July 2010(2010-07-11) (aged 88) Jakarta, Indonesia
Resting place	Darul Qur'an Islamic School complex, Cisarua, Bogor
Political party	PPP
Other political affiliations	Masyumi (until 1955) NU (1955–1973)
Spouse	Mastura
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University
Occupation	Politician ulama

Idham Chalid (27 August 1921 – 11 July 2010) was an Indonesian politician, religious leader, and minister, who served as Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly and Chairman of the People's Representative Council from 1972 until 1977. He was also a prominent leader of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and leader of the United Development Party (PPP), from 1956 until 1984.

He was appointed a National Hero of Indonesia, along with 6 other figures, based on Presidential Decree No. 113/TK/Year 2011 dated 7 November 2011. On 19 December 2016, he was immortalized in the new redesign of Rp. 5.000, new rupiah banknote.