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jimly asshiddiqie akil mochtar islam sampang , east java , indonesia lawyer national awakening party 2nd chief justice of the constitutional court 13 may 1957 2008 zaizatun nihayatie mohammad mahfud.jpg mohammad mahfud
 2013 mohammad mahfud md islamic university -lrb- s.u. , m.i.p. , dr. -rrb- university of indonesia -lrb- s.h. -rrb- gajah mada
mohammad mahfud

mohammad mahfud md -lrb- born may 13 , 1957 -rrb- is an indonesian politician and lawyer .
he is of madurese descent , born in sampang , a city on madura island .
he was the chief justice of the indonesian constitutional court , member of the people 's representative council -lrb- dpr -rrb- of national awakening party and also was the minister of defense and minister of justice and human rights under the wahid presidency .
he completed his five-year term as chief justice back in april 2013 and has announced that he will not seek reelection as chief justice .
he is also currently running for president , after the yudhoyono presidency .
mahfud holds a masters degree in political science and a doctorate in constitutional law -lrb- 1993 -rrb- from gadjah mada university in yogyakarta .
since 1984 , he has also been a professor of constitutional law at the faculty of law at the islamic university of indonesia -lrb- uii -rrb- in yogyakarta .
he has also taught in a number of other universities in indonesia .
