Andi Muhammad Ghalib (June 3, 1946 – May 9, 2016) was an Indonesian

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officer, politician, and

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. He served as the

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from 1998 to 1999 within the

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. Ghalib resigned as Attorney General in June 1999 amid a corruption scandal. Ghalib, an ethnic

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, was born in

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in the present-day province of

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on June 3, 1946. He was a native of

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. On June 15, 1998, Indonesia's new President

fired Indonesia's Suharto-era Attorney General, Sujono Atmonegoro, and appointed Maj. Gen. Andi Muhammad Ghalib as the country's new Attorney General. Ghalib has been serving as the director of the

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' law office at the time of his appointment. Ghalib was Attorney General of Indonesia within President Habibie's

from June 1998 until June 1999. However, on June 3, 1999, which coincided with Ghalib's 53rd birthday,

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, the then-head of

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(ICW), released an investigation which alleged that Ghalib and his wife had deposited an estimated 9 billion

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($1.2 million), which was given by Indonesian

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s and businessmen, in nine different bank accounts between September 1998 and May 1999. Ghalib announced that he would temporarily step down as Attorney General on June 14, 1999, with a letter of resignation dating from June 9. From 2008 until 2013, Ghalib served as the

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of Indonesia to

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. Ghalib, a member of the

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(PPP), was a member of the

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, also known as the House of Representatives, representing the South Sulawesi II electoral district, at the time of his death in 2016. He died on 9 May 2016 at Medistra Hospital in

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, at the age of 69.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghalib, Andi M. 1946 births 2016 deaths Attorneys General of Indonesia Members of the People's Representative Council, 2004 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014 Ambassadors of Indonesia to India Indonesian generals United Development Party politicians Bugis people Politicians from South Sulawesi People from Bone Regency