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Initially, Syamsuddin was shocked when he received the decree a week later, as he felt that he was not involved in any corruption or criminal case during his seven-year tenure as governor. Syamsuddin later stated that he was "not disappointed with Wahid's decree" and had no plans to sue the president
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Syamsuddin was first married to
Mariana, an English lecturer at the Syiah Kuala University. The couple had four children, Phaumi Sjamsuddin, Susi Sjamsuddin, Yanna Sjamsuddin, and Riva Sjamsuddin. Mariana died in 2008 and Syamsuddin was married again to Haslinda in the same year. Haslinda later died
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On the day before his inauguration as governor of Aceh for the second term, a group of university students protested in front of Aceh's parliament building and stayed overnight, demanding
Syamsuddin resign from the office of governor. According to the group, Syamsuddin lacked the competence to lead
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At the end of his first term as governor, Syamsuddin sought re-election and was put forward as a candidate for governor. He managed to win the election held in April 1998 with 25 votes, with his main opponent
Abdullah Puteh obtaining 17 votes and sham candidate Asnawi Hasjmy 3 votes. However, after
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The competition between the two was described by political observers as a fight between "moths and elephants". Although
Syamsuddin had held a provincial-level office for about a decade, he did not publicly appear very often and was overshadowed by the flamboyant and loud Ibrahim Hassan. Meanwhile,
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As demands by Aceh people for autonomy increased, Syamsuddin became increasingly open in his support for autonomy. In
February 1999, Syamsuddin proposed to transform Aceh into a federated state, which he said would resolve Aceh's problem. His proposal triggered fierce opposition from the central
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At the parliamentary gubernatorial election held on 13 May 1993, Syamsuddin won the election with 26 votes. The other candidate, Usman Hasan, obtained 12 votes, while a sham candidate named Malik Ridwan Badai obtained three votes. Syamsuddin was sworn in as governor on 26 May 1993.
519:. Syamsuddin refused the offer, citing that he was sixty five years old at the time, while the maximum age to hold the office was sixty years. Syamsuddin stated that he would resume his previous career as a lecturer in the Syiah Kuala University and as an author.
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In June 1998, fifty-four students sued
Syamsuddin, his vice governor Zainuddin AG, and regional secretary assistant Razali Yusuf for misappropriating funds from the Human Resource Development (PSDM,
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On the night of 11 November 1999, Syamsuddin, alongside several of his subordinates, signed a petition which demanded a referendum for the people of Aceh to be conducted under the supervision of the
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on 28 May 2018, leaving
Syamsuddin a widower again. Exactly three months later, Syamsuddin married for the third time to Khairah, a widow whose husband also died several months before the marriage.
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for enacting the decree. After accepting the decree, Syamsuddin handed over his governor's office to the acting governor—previously his second-term vice governor—Ridwan Ramli, on 21 June 2000.
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after finishing his junior high school education. However, he was told to take a junior high school re-examination before applying for high school. He then finished high school and entered the
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Governor of Aceh, Syamsuddin quietly supported the Aceh autonomy movement. In the midst of escalating involvement by the military against the
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at his inauguration to stop conducting military operations in Aceh, stating that the operations caused "physical and mental torment" to the
Acehnese people.
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427:—Suharto's successor—intentionally delayed confirming the election results. Syamsuddin was finally sworn in for his second term on 19 June 1998.
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and a script which demanded its signatories be committed in the struggle for Aceh's autonomy on national and international levels.
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The two candidates were backed by different factions. Syamsuddin was backed by
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in 1975. He came back to Aceh shortly thereafter and was appointed an assistant to the rector of the Syiah Kuala University.
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enacted a decree on 7 June 2000 which dismissed him from the office of governor. The decree was enacted in response to a
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of the economics faculty of the university from 1977 until 1981. He was made a professor in economics six years later.
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Syamsuddin died at 10:30 on 22 May 2021 at the Zainoel Abidin Hospital due to COVID-19 related complications.
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party—the ruling party at that time—in the parliament and was described as a "national-level figure" by the
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Several months before his resignation as governor in June 2000, Syamsuddin put forward a
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Syamsuddin Mahmud was born on 24 April 1935 at Lampoh Lada village, a small
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574:"Mantan Gubernur Aceh Prof Syamsuddin Mahmud Meninggal Positif COVID-19"
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An Indonesian idiom, comparable to "David and Goliath".
876:"Provincial legislative body dismisses Aceh governor"
850:"Sjamsuddin Mahmud Tolak Jadi Wakil Kepala Bappenas"
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817:"Lebih Jauh dengan: Prof Dr Sjamsuddin Mahmud"
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470:U.S. state
255:Early life
152:Banda Aceh
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63:President
54:In office
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