Jimly Asshiddiqie

Jimly Asshiddiqie (born 17 April 1956) is an Indonesian academic who served as the first chief justice of Indonesia's Constitutional Court from 2003 to 2008.

During the final years of President Suharto's rule, Jimly served as an Expert Staff (advisor) to the Minister of Education (1993–1998).

His working group helped to prepare new legislation, as well as amendments to the 1945 Constitution and the introduction of a system for direct presidential elections.

In December 2015, he was appointed chairman of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI), a grouping that was formed in 1990 as part of an effort by then-President Suharto to use Islam to counterbalance the military's power.

[9] In January 2020, Jimly was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Indonesian Cooperatives Council (Dekopin), which is led by convicted corruption felon Nurdin Halid.