Profile Of Arief Hidayat, Judge Of The Constitutional Court, Disagrees With The Decision Of The Age Limit For Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates

YOGYAKARTA - Arief Hidayat became one of the judges who rejected that the regional head's decision not yet 40 years old could be a presidential-Cawapres candidate. Arief Hidayat disagreed with the decision and considered that there were irregularities in the age limit lawsuit. So what is Arief Hidayat's profile like?

Nine judges at the Constitutional Court have completed the discussion of the case lawsuit meeting related to the minimum age limit for presidential and vice presidential candidates in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.

The reason is through this decision, the Constitutional Court allows people who are not yet 40 years old to run for president or vice president as long as they have experience being regional heads or other positions elected through general elections.

Behind the Constitutional Court's decision to reap pros and cons in the community, there were four judges who disagreed or disagreed, namely Saldi Isra, Wahiduddin Adams, Suhartoyo, and Arief Hidayat. Arief Hidayat felt that there was negative cosmology and anomalies in the a quo case handled by the Constitutional Court regarding the age limit of the presidential and vice presidential candidates. Arief Hidayat's profile was also in the public spotlight.

Arief Hidayat is not a new judge in the Constitutional Court and has held this important position since the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). Arief Hidayat was inaugurated as a constitutional judge in 2013 replacing Mahfud Md who completed his term of office which had been held since 2008.

Arief Hidayat was born in Semarang, Central Java, on February 3, 1956. Arief underwent childhood to teenagers in his hometown, starting from elementary to high school. After that, he continued his higher education at Diponegoro University (Undip) and succeeded in completing his Bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Law in 1980.

After obtaining a Bachelor's degree, Arief Hidayat continued his master's degree in Postgraduate Education Program at Airlangga University (Unair) and graduated in 1984. Still wanting to continue to improve his competence and knowledge, Arief took a doctoral degree in the Diponegoro University (Undip) Law Sciences Doctorate Program and completed it in 2006.

Arief Hidayat underwent marriage and household life with Tundjung Herning Sitabuana. Arief and his wife have 2 children, namely Adya Paramita Prabandari and Airlangga Surya Nagara. He also predicted 3 grandchildren named Indrasta Alif Yudistira, Diandra Paramita Surya Nagara, and Darajatun Herjendra Surya Nagara.

Before deciding to plunge into the world of justice in the country, Arief Hidayat focused on education as a teacher at Diponegoro University (Undip). Arief has also been an Extraordinary Lecturer at the Faculty of Law Programs S2 and S3 in a number of state and private universities in Indonesia.

In addition to his busy schedule as a teacher at that time, Arief Hidayat also held the position of chairman in several professional organizations. Arief served as an important position in a number of organizations, starting from the Chairman of the Central Java HTN-HAN Teaching Association, the Head of the Center for Democracy and Constitutional Law Studies, the Chairperson of the Indonesian Gender Perspective Teaching and Learning Association, and the Chairperson of the Center for Environmental Law Studies.

Not only as an educator and active in the organization, Arief is also productive in producing scientific works both in the form of papers and books. In 2008, Arief Hidayat became a professor at Undip and also held the position of dean. After receiving support from various parties, Arief established himself to register as a judge of the Constitutional Court through the DPR line. Arief Hidayat's position at the Constitutional Court:

That is Arief Hidayat's profile and career journey as one of the senior judges at the Constitutional Court. Arief Hidayat is one of the judges who disagrees or disagrees with the Constitutional Court's new decision regarding the age limit for presidential and vice-presidential candidates for elections.

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