Acehnese gubernatorial election, 2012

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Acehnese gubernatorial election, 2012
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Nominee Zaini Abdullah Irwandi Yusuf
Running mate Muzakir Manaf Muhyan Yunan
Popular vote1,327,695694,515
Percentage55.929.2
Governor before election

Irwandi Yusuf

Elected Governor

Zaini Abdullah

An election was held on 9 April 2012 for the governorship and deputy-governorship of Aceh. Incumbent governor Irwandi Yusuf ran as an independent, while former exile and Free Aceh Movement activist Zaini Abdullah competed for the governorship on behalf of the Aceh Party with Muzakir Manaf as running mate. [1] The election was the second to take place in the devolved Aceh region since the post-earthquake/tsunami Helsinki agreement between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement.[ original research? ] The previous gubernatorial election in Aceh had been held in December 2006.

Aceh Province in Indonesia

Aceh is a province of Indonesia, located at the northern end of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Banda Aceh. It is close to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India and separated from them by the Andaman Sea. Granted a special autonomous status, Aceh is a religiously conservative territory and the only Indonesian province practicing Sharia law officially. There are ten indigenous ethnic groups in this region, the largest being the Acehnese people, accounting for approximately 80% to 90% of the region's population.

Irwandi Yusuf Governor of Aceh

drh. H. Irwandi Yusuf, M.Sc., is an Indonesian politician who served as Governor of Aceh province in north Sumatra. He was re-elected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012.

Free Aceh Movement

The Free Aceh Movement was a separatist group seeking independence for the Aceh region of Sumatra from Indonesia. GAM fought against Indonesian government forces in the Aceh insurgency from 1976 to 2005, during which over 15,000 lives are believed to have been lost.

Contents

Zaini Abdullah was sworn into office as governor of Aceh for the five-year period 2012-2017 in an official ceremony in the provincial capital of Aceh, Banda Aceh, on 25 June 2012. Arrangements for the ceremony were, however, marred by some violence when there was a personal assault on the former governor, Irwandi Yusuf, and a grenade attack earlier in the day at the house of a local GAM leader. [2] Following investigation by police two men were arrested and sentenced to 12 and eight years imprisonment by judges at Central Jakarta District Court. [3]

Banda Aceh City in Aceh, Indonesia

Banda Aceh is the capital and largest city in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra and has an elevation of 35 meters. The city covers an area of 64 square kilometres and had a population of 219,070 people, according to the 2000 census. Banda Aceh is located on the northwestern tip of Indonesia at the mouth of the Aceh River.

Candidates

Muhammad Nazar, S.Ag., is the former deputy governor of the province of Aceh, Indonesia He held office during 2007-2012 having been elected in the 2006 Acehnese regional elections along with Irwandi Yusuf who was elected governor.

Zaini Abdullah governor of Aceh, Indonesia

Zaini Abdullah, a medical doctor by profession, is a former separatist activist of the Free Aceh Movement in Indonesia who was elected as the governor of the province of Aceh in the 2012 election for the five-year period 2012-2017. Elected with 56% of the vote, Zaini Abdullah is the second governor directly chosen by the electors of Aceh since the granting of restricted autonomy to the area by the Indonesian government in 2005. His predecessor Irwandi Yusuf, who was elected in 2006 for the period 2007-2012, was the first governor chosen in the province by direct elections.

Result

Final results were released on 17 April 2012: [5]

CandidateVotesShare (%)
Zaini Abdullah (Partai Aceh)1,327,69555.9
Irwandi Yusuf 694,51529.2
Muhammad Nazar 182,0797.6
Darni M. Daud96,7674.1
Teungku Ahmad Tajuddin79,3303.3
Total2,380,386100.0

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The insurgency in Aceh was a conflict fought by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) between 1976 and 2005, with the goal of making the province of Aceh independent from Indonesia. The Indonesian state had designated it as the "Aceh Disturbance". Effects of strong military offensive in 2003 and 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake brought a peace deal and an end to the insurgency.

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Muzakir Manaf, popularly known as Mualem, is an Indonesian politician and former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) guerilla fighter who served as the vice governor of Aceh between 2012 and 2017. Leading the movement's guerilla wing following the death of his predecessor, he was its leader at the end of the conflict and later founded the Aceh Party, becoming its first and current chairman.

Nurdin bin Ismail Amat, better known as Din Minimi, is a former militant of Free Aceh Movement who led an armed band based in Aceh during the 2010s.

References

  1. ↑ Nani Afrida, 'Politics lead former GAM guerrillas to part ways', The Jakarta Post, 28 February 2012, and Nani Afrida, 'Friends, no more in election', The Jakarta Post, 28 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Hotli Simanjuntak, 'Aceh governor installation marred by attack', The Jakarta Post, 26 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Bhakti, Andhika (10 April 2013). "Justice served in Aceh's pre-election violence". Khabar Southeast Asia. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. ↑ http://anfrel.org/the-race-for-acehs-no-1-has-begun-candidates-for-governor-in-aceh-pledge-for-peaceful-elections-anfrel-observes-in-aceh/
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
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