Raja Juli Antoni

Raja Juli Antoni (born 13 July 1977) is an Indonesian politician who currently serves as Minister of Forestry and Secretary General of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). He previously served as Deputy Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning in Indonesia between June 2022 and October 2024. He was also the founder of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI).

Education

Raja Juli Antoni is the son of Raja Ramli Ibrahim, a Riau public figure who once served as Deputy Chair of the Muhammadiyah Riau Regional Leadership (PW).

Raja is an alumnus of the Darul Arqam Muhammadiyah Islamic Boarding School, Garut, West Java.

He received a bachelor's degree in Al-Qur'an and Tafsir Science from IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah in 2001 with a thesis ''Ayat-ayat Jihad: Studi Kritis terhadap Penafsiran Jihad sebagai Perang Suci (''Jihad Verses: Critical Study of the Interpretation of Jihad as Holy War'').''

Raja then continued his master's degree at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, England, through a Chevening scholarship in 2004 and completed it with a thesis, ''The Conflict in Aceh: Searching for a Peaceful Conflict Resolution Process''.

With the Australian Development Scholarship (ADS), Raja continued his doctoral studies at the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia in 2010. He obtained a PhD degree with a dissertation on ''Religious Peacebuilders: The Role of Religion in Peacebuilding in Conflict Torn Society in Southeast Asia'', using case studies of Mindanao (Southern Philippines) and Maluku (Indonesia).

He became the executive director of The Indonesian Institute (TII). He is also quite active in writing opinions published in several media.

Career

A former General Chair of the Central Leadership of the Muhammadiyah Student Association (PP IPM) for the 2000–2002 period, he also became the executive director of the Maarif Institute."Raja Juli Antoni Mundur dari Proses Pencalonan Ketua Umum Muhammadiyah"
'' RMOL.co'', 29 June 2015. Accessed on 27 September 2015."Jelang Masa Penentuan, Raja Juli Mundur dari Bursa Calon Ketum PP Muhammadiyah"
''Tribunnews.com'', 29 June 2015. Accessed on 27 September 2015.

In 2009, he ran in the 2009 Legislative General Election from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), representing West Java's IX Electoral District ( Subang, Sumedang, and Majalengka Regencies). However, he was not elected because he lost to Maruarar Sirait and Tb. Hasanuddin (PDIP's elected legislative candidate for West Java IX electoral district).

He was a candidate for General Chair of PP Muhammadiyah for the 2015–2020 period but then resigned because he wanted to concentrate as Secretary General of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), which he had just founded with several other young politicians."Raja Juli Antoni: PSI Bakal Jadi Perahu Tokoh Muda Potensial"
''Detik.com'', 19 June 2015. Accessed on 27 September 2015."Silaturahmi PSI, Saatnya Aktivis Menjadi Penggerak Politik Bermartabat"
'' JPNN.com'', 05 August 2015. Accessed on 27 September 2015.

On 3 June 2024, Raja was appointed as the acting deputy head of the Nusantara Capital City Authority following the resignation of Dhony Rahajoe. With the end of his tenure as Deputy Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning on 20 October 2024, his term as the acting deputy head of the Nusantara Capital City Authority also ended.

References

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1977 births
Living people
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians
Indonesian people of Malay descent
People from Pekanbaru
People from Riau
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta alumni
Alumni of the University of Bradford
University of Queensland alumni