[1] After the operation in Timor, on 2 April 1997, Murad was appointed battalion commander B Regiment I Pioneer.

And on 28 December 1998 became detachment commander B Regiment II Gegana of the Indonesian National Police.

[4][5] Murad was sworn in as governor on 24 April 2019, by president Joko Widodo, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta.

[6] On 18 December 2019, Deputy Governor Barnabas Orno was summoned by the Corruption Eradication Commission as a witness related to the alleged bribery of a road project at the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing in 2016, when Orno was still the Regent of Southwest Maluku.

Recently, governor Murad supported limited face-to-face learning in Ambon City to be implemented immediately.

"[8] Murad was officially dismissed as an Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) cadre after Murad's wife, Widya Pratiwi joined the National Mandate Party (PAN) and also showed an emotional attitude to the Chairperson of the PDIP Central Leadership Council Djarot Saiful Hidayat when Djarot asked Murad for clarification regarding his wife, Widya Pratiwi joining a party other than PDI-P.[9] His term as governor ended on 24 April 2024, and provincial secretary Sadali Ie replaced him in an acting capacity.