JAKARTA Memories of today, two years ago, March 11, 2023, Vice President (Vice President), Ma'ruf Amin launched a book entitled 80 Years Prof. Dr. KH Ma'ruf Amin: Kiai Vice President, Vice President Kiai. The book written by Ahmad Baso and his friends. It contained Ma'ruf's work before and when he was Vice President.
Previously, Ma'ruf was not new to the world of Indonesian politics. He has started his career as a representative of the people from the New Order. Later he just established his career as a cleric when he led the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). A path that led him to become Vice President.
Ma'ruf Amin's footsteps as a famous cleric are everywhere. He is also close to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). This narrative made him able to enter the world of Indonesian politics as the people's representative. His busyness in defending the life of the Indonesian people did not make Ma'ruf big head.
He continued to carry out the summons as a cleric. This condition made Ma'ruf a member of the Presidential Advisory Council for Religion during the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).
The rest, Ma'ruf's career has mostly served MUI. He was able to take a position as General Chair of MUI in the 2015-2020 era. President Joko Widodo and his party the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) were attracted.
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Ma'ruf surprisingly appeared as a vice presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the 2019 presidential election political contestation. Jokowi believes Ma'ruf can help him gather many votes. Jokowi also has his own reasons regarding Ma'ruf's superiority.
He considers Ma'ruf as a wise figure. Ma'ruf is considered by Jokowi as a Banten figure. He is also a Ulama. The last reason is that Ma'ruf also has the same ideals as Jokowi. Ma'ruf wants to build the nation and state.
The result was amazing. The Jokowi-Ma'ruf pair won the 2019 presidential election. This means that Jokowi-Ma'ruf was appointed President and Vice President of Indonesia for the 2019-2024 period. Ma'ruf also wants to work optimally to help Jokowi.
"If in the first period, Pak Jokowi is like setting foundation stakes, then in the second period it will build more optimally. Therefore, support Pak Jokowi for two terms," said Ma'ruf Amin as quoted on the tempo.co page, January 21, 2019.
Ma'ruf spends his days as Vice President. However, his job as vice president is not always smooth. Many also criticize his performance. Ma'ruf doesn't even have a problem with criticism. He continues to do a lot for the country.
The stories of Ma'ruf before and when he was vice president were actually many interesting. that story was then recorded. Ahmad Baso and his friends became the writers. Ma'ruf then launched the book 80 Years Prof. Dr. KH Ma'ruf Amin: Kiai Vice President, Vice President Kiai on March 11, 2023. The launch was carried out at the Kempinski Hotel Grand Ballroom, Central Jakarta.
Guests at the launch of the book bejibun from Jusuf Kalla to Sri Mulyani. Moreover, the launch date coincides with Ma'ruf's 80th birthday. Ma'ruf hopes that the book can be useful for many people.
There are also many stories in it that contain facts that not many people know before. Mainly, the details when he was asked to accompany Jokowi.
On pages 319 to 320 in this publication is told, one afternoon, August 9, 2018, Megawati Soekarnoputri called Kiai Ma'ruf Amin with the essence of the conversation the party leaders agreed to choose to accompany Jokowi as a vice presidential candidate (cawapres) in the 2019 presidential election. Between believing and not believing, Amin replied: God willing, Mrs. Mega.
"When the news came, the mass media were still aggressively reporting Mahfud MD as vice presidential candidate. The agreement between the leaders of the coalition parties was also told quite briefly. It didn't take long for him to agree and sign documents to be deposited with the General Election Commission (KPU). In the document, it has been determined, Kiai Ma'ruf Amin as vice presidential candidate to accompany Jokowi," said Ingga Parandaru in his writings in Kompas daily entitled 'Langit' The Role of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (2023).
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