Muhammad Iqbal Assegaf (, ; October 12, 1957 – February 13, 1999) was an Indonesian political activist. Based on the results of the 9th Indonesian Islamic Student Movement congress (PMII IX congress) in Hajj Dormitory

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, Iqbal was appointed as chairman of the executive board of the Indonesian Islamic Student Movement (PB PMII) period 1988–1991 replacing Suryadharma Ali. After leaving the position as Chairman of PB PMII, he was immediately appointed as chairman of the Board of Trustees PB PMII in the next period, 1991–1994. Iqbal died on February 13, 1999, due to a car accident at the exit of the Cawang–Tanjung Priok Toll Road. At that time Iqbal drove a dark blue

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B 63 RI with his wife, Rahma. Iqbal held the last post as Chairman of the Central Executive Board of the

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period 1995–2000. In addition, he also served as a member of the

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of Indonesia period 1998-2003 from the

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. The two positions were never held at the end because Iqbal died first in 1999.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Assegaf, Iqbal 1957 births 1999 deaths Indonesian people of Yemeni descent Indonesian activists People from North Maluku Bogor Agricultural University alumni Golkar politicians Nahdlatul Ulama people Road incident deaths in Indonesia Ba' Alawi Tribe