Ida Fauziyah
Minister of Manpower
Assumed office
23 October 2019
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byMuhammad Hanif Dhakiri
Personal details
Born (1969-07-17) 17 July 1969
Political partyNational Awakening Party

Ida Fauziyah (born 17 July 1969)[1] is an Indonesian politician of the National Awakening Party who has been serving as Minister of Manpower in the 41st Cabinet of Indonesia since 2019.[2]

Political career

Fauziah worked as a high school teacher before serving as a lawmaker in parliament from 1999 to 2018.[3] She also served as leader of the women’s branch of the Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s biggest Muslim group.[4]

Ahead of the 2019 general election, Fauziah part of Joko Widodo’s parliamentary campaign in charge of gathering women’s votes.[5]

During her time in government, Fauziyah notably led efforts to lift a temporary freeze on sending its migrant workers to Malaysia in 2022, after both countries ironed out concerns surrounding workers' rights.[6]

Since 2023, Fauziyah has been a member of the United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession, co-chaired by Kersti Kaljulaid and Paula-Mae Weekes.[7]

Personal life

On 3 December 2020, Fauziyah was tested positive for COVID-19. She was the fourth minister in the Onward Indonesia Cabinet to be declared COVID-19 positive after Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo (resigned due to corruption), and Minister of Religion Affairs Fachrul Razi.[8][9]

References

  1. "Biography". Ministry of Manpower (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. "BREAKING: Jokowi announces his new Cabinet. Here's the line up". The Jakarta Post. 23 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy (23 October 2019), Factbox: Key economic appointments in Indonesia's new cabinet Reuters.
  4. Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy (23 October 2019), Factbox: Key economic appointments in Indonesia's new cabinet Reuters.
  5. Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy (23 October 2019), Factbox: Key economic appointments in Indonesia's new cabinet Reuters.
  6. Mei Mei Chu and Bernadette Christina (28 July 2022), Indonesia agrees to lift freeze on sending migrant workers to Malaysia Reuters.
  7. United Nations Establishes Teaching Profession High-Level Panel to Build on Outcomes of Transforming Education Summit United Nations, press release of 19 June 2023.
  8. "Menaker Ida Fauziyah Positif Terpapar COVID-19". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. "Indonesia's manpower minister tests positive for COVID-19". Xinhuanet. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.


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