
Basrief Arief (23 January 1947 – 23 March 2021) was an Indonesian prosecutor who served as the
Attorney General of Indonesia
The Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia (, abbreviated as Kejagung) is the competent authority to advise the Government of Indonesia on matters of law. It serves as the central organization for the Public Prosecution Service (I ...
from 26 November 2010 until 20 October 2014. He was born in
Tanjung Enim in
South Sumatra
South Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, located in the southeast of the island of Sumatra. The capital and largest city of the province is the city of Palembang. The province borders the provinces of Jambi to the north ...
.
As attorney general, he was responsible for state prosecutions. In 2011, he fired several officials of the
Bojonegoro
Bojonegoro Regency (, older spelling is ''Kabupaten Bodjanegara'', ) is a Regency (Indonesia), regency in East Java Province of Indonesia, about 110 km west of Surabaya and 73 km northeast of Ngawi (town), Ngawi. It covers a land are ...
Prosecutor's Office in
East Java
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, for their role in a case in which a wealthy female corruption convict paid another woman to serve her prison term.
He died on 23 March 2021, at the age of 74.
Jaksa Agung di Era SBY, Basrief Arief Meninggal Dunia
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2021 deaths
1947 births
20th-century Indonesian lawyers
Attorneys general of Indonesia
People from South Sumatra
21st-century Indonesian lawyers
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