Regional elections were held in

Aceh Aceh ( , ; , Jawi script, Jawoë: ; Van Ophuijsen Spelling System, Old Spelling: ''Atjeh'') is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the northern end of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capit ...

on 11 December 2006 after a peace agreement had been signed between the

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and the

Free Aceh Movement The Free Aceh Movement (, GAM; ) was a separatism, separatist group seeking independence for the Aceh region of Sumatra, Indonesia. GAM fought against Indonesian government forces in the Insurgency in Aceh, Aceh insurgency from 1976 to 2005. E ...

on 15 August 2005, ending the

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Candidates

There were eight pairs of candidates for the governor and deputy governor posts:Irwandi Sets To Be Aceh Governor In 2007
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'', 12 December 2006 # Iskandar Hoesin and M. Saleh Manaf ( PBB) # Lieutenant-General (ret.) Tamlicha Ali and Tengku Harmen Nuriqmar (

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, PPNUI, and

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) # Abdul Malik Raden and Sayed Fuad Zakaria (

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, and PKPI) # Humam Hamid and Hasbi Abdullah ( PPP) # Djali Yusuf and R.A. Syauqas Rahmatillah (Independent) #

Irwandi Yusuf Irwandi Yusuf (born 2 August 1960) is an Indonesian politician who was the governor of Aceh. He was re-elected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012. Irwandi first won a term as governor in the 2006 Aceh r ...

and Muhammad Nazar (Independent, supported by much of the

) #

Azwar Abubakar Hajji Azwar Abubakar (born 21 June 1952 in Banda Aceh) is an Indonesian politician who served as Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform from 2011 to 2014. Previously, he served as Acting Governor of Aceh from 2004 to 2 ...

and Mohamad Nasir Djamil ( PAN and PKS) # Ghazali Abas Adan and Salahuddin Alfata (Independent)

Poll

A sample poll by the Indonesia Survey Institute showed former rebel leader Irwandi Yusuf leading on a turnout of 85%. *Yusuf: 39% *Hamid: 16% *Malik Raden: 14% *Abubakar: 11% *Abas Adan: 7% *Tamlicha: 4%

Results

Final results were made public on 29 December 2006:Former rebel Irwandi Yusuf wins Aceh election for governor
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'', 29 December 2006

References

Bibliography

* Ben Hillman, 'Aceh's Rebels Turn to Ruling', Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 170, No. 1, January-February 2007, 49–53. 2006 Indonesian gubernatorial elections Elections in Aceh December 2006 in Indonesia {{Indonesia-election-stub