Awang Faroek Ishak (31 July 1948 – 22 December 2024) was an Indonesian politician who served as the eleventh governor of East Kalimantan from 2008 to 2018.

He is the eleventh child of thirteen siblings from couple of Awang Ishak and Dayang Johariah.

Ishak re-took the Regent position from Mahyudin after winning the East Kalimantan gubernatorial election in 2008 in two rounds.

In the first round, Ishak and his running mate Farid Wadjdy won first place, defeating Achmad Amins and Jusuf SK.

[3]In 2018, he declared his intention to run for the People's Representative Council, resigning from the governorship on 18 September.