JAKARTA History today, 12 years ago, August 13, 2013, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) conferred the Minister of Religion (Menag), Suryadharma Ali Bintang Mahaputra Adipradana. SBY considers Suryadharma to have great dedication and sacrifice for the nation and state.
Previously, Suryadharma had felt the chair of the Minister of Cooperatives and MSMEs, then the Minister of Religion. His footsteps maintaining religious harmony are considered a favorite. He also made the implementation of the pilgrimage good.
The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) was presented one of them to maintain Indonesia's diversity. The mission is clearly not easy. It takes a strong leader who can maintain interfaith harmony. President SBY then showed Suryadharma Ali as Minister of Religion from 2009.
SBY believes that Suryadharma can carry out his duties well. SBY obtained this trust because during his tenure as Minister of Cooperatives and MSMEs from the 2004-2009 era, Suryadharma was able to work well.
The Suryadharma mission to carry out religious harmony is carried out well. All kinds of activities also emerged, especially dialogue between religious communities. He strengthens religious institutions. He also improves madrasas and Islamic boarding schools education services.
Traces of success are also present in bringing the Ministry of Religion as the organizer of the top hajj. Suryadharma understands that the business of being a regulator and a heart operator is not easy. Moreover, managing worship money which reaches IDR 70 trillion every year plus interest.
This challenge made Suryadharma challenged to tidy up the implementation of the Hajj which was not well managed. He tried to improve the management of the Hajj finance. Hajj facilities are improved. He also often fights for Indonesia to get the hajj quota. Even though it's hard.
Suryadharma wants Saudi Arabia not to cut the quota. Not to mention Suryadharma's business, who wants to prioritize parents to go for Hajj.
"Mr. President will submit a letter to Abdul Ruaf bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, (who) requested that the 20 percent cut for Indonesian pilgrims not be carried out. The president will convey this and will directly send the minister of religion as the president's envoy," said Suryadharma as quoted on the VOA website, June 14, 2013.
Suryadharma also continues to try to fix the affairs of organizing the hajj. He did not want to be considered slow to fulfill the wishes of the people. Suryadharma's leadership as the Ministry of Religion also received praise from here and there.
Praise also came from President SBY himself. SBY considers Suryadharma's sacrifice to the nation and state to be quite large. SBY also did not forget to confer the Mahaputra Adipradana Star at the State Palace on August 13, 2013.
SBY also underlies the provision of Bintang Mahaputra because Suryadharma led the Ministry of Religion capablely. This narrative is evidenced by the success of the Ministry of Religion in achieving an Unqualified Opinion (WTP) for two consecutive years in financial reports examined by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).
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Suryadharma's achievements were greeted with great fanfare by his staff. Even though Suryadharma later became a suspect in the corruption case of organizing the hajj. He is considered to have used his authority excessively and used the minister's operational funds in no place.
Minister H. Suryadharma Ali has served as Minister of Religion since 2009. Previously, Suryadharma Ali was trusted by President SBY to lead the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (2004 2009). During his time as Minister of Religion, he was very concerned in improving the quality of religious and religious education, improving the quality of organizing the pilgrimage, improving the quality of internal and inter-religious harmony," said Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of South Kalimantan Province, Abdul Halim as quoted by the Ministry of Religion.go.id page, August 16, 2013.
Suryadharma Ali was born in Jakarta 19 September 1956. He died at the age of 68 at Mayapada Hospital, Kuningan, South Jakarta on 31 July 2025.
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