Abdul Munir Mulkhan was born in
the town of Jember in the Indonesian province of East Java in 1946.
He received his BA from the Department of Religious Interpretation
at Raden Intan Islamic State University in Lampung, Sumatra, and his
MA and Ph.D. in the field of Social and Political Science from Gajah
Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia – graduating cum laude on
each occasion.
For many years Dr. Munir has
been an active member of the governing board of the Muhammadiyah,
the world’s second largest Muslim organization with an estimated 30
million members. He has served as Vice-Secretary of the organization
as a whole (2000-2005); as Secretary of the Office for Organization
and Cadres; Secretary of the Council of Religious Interpretation;
and as a member of the Council for Higher Education Research and
Development. Since 1996 Dr. Munir has been a member of the editorial
board of Suara Muhammadiyah (the Muhammadiyah’s official
publication), and since 2002 has served as head of the Central
Muhammadiyah Board’s “Good Governance” Council, with a primary task
of eliminating corruption. In addition, Dr. Munir previously served
as Vice-Secretary of the Yogyakarta branch of the Indonesian Council
of Religious Scholars.
Dr. Munir is a member of the
faculty of Sunan Kalijaga National Islamic University in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia. He has conducted post-doctoral research at McGill
University in Montreal, Canada, and served as Visiting Research
Fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s Institute of Defence
and Strategic Studies in Singapore. He is currently active as a
Libforall Foundation Fellow and member of Libforall's Board of
Advisors.
Dr. Munir is the author of over
40 books and hundreds of articles published in various prominent
magazines and newspapers.
Dr. Abdul Munir Mulkhan (seated,
facing camera), in the office of former president and
Libforall patron Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid (seated left).
Standing, from left to right: Yuke (bassist in the rock group
Dewa); Libforall CEO Holland Taylor; Ahmad Dhani (Libforall
board member and leader of Dewa); Once (Dewa's lead singer); and
Sonia Sri Suryani, Libforall's Director of Grants & Programs,
Indonesia.
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