Zulkifli Hasan - Indonesian politician

As the chairman of the People’s Consultative assembly (MPR), Zulkifli Hasan replaced Sidarto Danusubroto in 2014. Before that, he was the Minister of Forestry for Indonesia and received the title of Honorary Doctorate twice. This is a great honor as it was the first for the field of Public Administration for Sejong University and the second for the field of Human Resource Management for the State University of Semarang.

Hasan was also a member of the House of Representative for the Republic of Indonesia. He prides himself on being a self made man, which all started when he went to school and settled as a lodger.

During his childhood, Hasan was familiar with most of the locals and was called Bang Zul Zul or Zul for short. Even to this day, he comes back to his homeland if there is a disaster or help is needed. In 2016, Hasan was named one of the 20 most powerful and influential people in Indonesia by GlobeAsia magazine.

The masculine name Zulkifli is a variant of Kefli, which is taken from the Arabic name Dhul-Kifl who is a prophet from Islam. The name Dhul-Kifl means “the one with a kifl”. A kifl is an archaic Arabic word that means “duplicate” or “double”, taken from a root that means “to fold” or “to double”, in a reference to folding clothes. Many understand the name to mean “one of double portion” or “the man with double recompense”, or even “the man who received recompense twice over”.