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KOMPAS.com – The Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) in the Suharto era, Abdul Gafur, passed away on Friday (9/4/2020).
Abdul Gafur died at the age of 81.
Reported Kompas.com, Friday (4/9/2020), passed away at the Gatot Soebroto Military Hospital at 06.20 WIB.
Abdul Gafur died of Covid-19. You have a congenital disease, namely type 2 diabetes.
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Abdul Gafur is known to have been born in Halmahera, North Maluku, on June 20, 1939.
Reported Daily kompas, Thursday (6/10/2016), his full name is Abdul Gafur Tengku Idris.
In the era of President Soeharto’s leadership, he served as Menpora, that is, the period 1983-1987.
Previously, he served as Minister of Youth Affairs from 1978 to 1983.
In addition, he also served as Vice Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) in 1997-1999.
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Haornas trigger
When he served as Menpora, Gafur started the Haornas (National Sports Day) which was formed by Presidential Decree No. 67 of 1985. Haornas is commemorated every September 9.
Apart from that, he also made October a Language Month during the Youth Oath commemoration.
But he was disappointed that the Moon of Languages could no longer be heard.
“The foreign names are scattered in the clusters and become the names of the new cities that the developers are building. I am not against foreign languages, but they should use their Indonesian equivalent,” he said at the time.
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He was grateful that in his life he could participate in the 1966 Tritura. According to him, Tritura matured him to learn how to claim rights.
History records that the fall of the Old Order regime began with student demonstrations through the Tritura lawsuits in 1966.
When he was 77 years old, he was grateful to have had a long life, having passed 70 years.
“I enjoy life as a father who is given a long life, more than 70 years. I have been through all political, social and state activities. God gave me physical and mental health even though I no longer participate in politics,” he said Gafur.
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A crowd of supporters of Abdul Gafur-Abdur Rahim Fabanyo, on Tuesday afternoon (10/6/2008), demonstrated at the North Maluku Governor’s Office in Ternate. They managed to break down two barricades around the office door and angered the police on duty.He considered his duties in the political world to have been completed after he became chairman of the Golkar Party Advisory Council at the time Akbar Tandjung became chairman of the party bearing the banyan symbol.
Abdul Gafur also participated in the North Maluku regional elections.
Quoted Kompas Daily, On Friday (6/7/2001), Abdul Gafur partnered with Yamin Tawari as North Maluku Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the 2001-2006 term.
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This was determined at the North Maluku DPRD plenary session in Ternate on Thursday (5/7/2001). Even so, there was a new vote, because it was suspected that there was monetary policy.
Reported Daily kompas, Sunday (4/28/2002), Gafur-Yamin was officially appointed North Maluku Governor and Lieutenant Governor for 2002-2007 on Friday (4/26/2002).
The decision was made at a Special Plenary Session held, following the insistence contained in the Information of the People of North Maluku, which demanded that Gafur and Thaib be appointed governors and wagub.
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It doesn’t stop there. It is unclear who became the leader of North Maluku for nearly a year.
Quoted Kompas Daily, On Saturday (4/20/2002), finally, Presidential Decree (Keppres) No. 54 / M of 2002 appointed Sinyo H Sarundajang as acting governor of North Maluku.
He was entrusted with the special task of preparing the final election for governor and lieutenant governor for the 2002-2007 term.
The governor and lieutenant governor who were ultimately elected were the couple Taib Armayn and Professor Madjid Abdullah, it was quoted. Kompas Daily, Tuesday (10/29/2002).
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Go back to the Pilkada
Supporters of North Maluku Governor-Lieutenant Governor Abdul Gafur-Abdurrahim Fabanyo’s candidate heard Gafur’s speech at his residence in Ternate on Tuesday (1/4/2008). In this sentence, Gafur, who arrived in Ternate yesterday, said that he supported the plan for the North Maluku DPRD plenary meeting to resolve the dispute over the election of the North Maluku regional head.Reported Daily kompasOn Tuesday June 23, 2009, his name reappeared in the 2007 election for Governor of North Maluku.
He ran again with Abdurrahim Fabanyo.
His work is not only in the world of government, Gafur also has works in the form of books. One of them has the right The last days of a president.
Quoted Daily kompas, Wednesday (7/26/2000), the book was released in Jakarta on July 24, 2000.
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Abdul Gafur concluded that Suharto was a statesman.
Soeharto decided to resign for the sake of the nation’s security rather than personal power.
He put the interests of the nation above personal interests.
“What will happen if Pak Harto refuses to resign? The devastation that will affect this nation will get worse,” he said.
The last days of a president The 227 pages thick try to bring to the reader the memory of the events of May that forced Suharto to leave the presidency that he had held for 32 years.
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