Professor Mahfud MD is a former Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs (2019-2024) of Indonesia. He was the first civilian to hold this role and has served in all three branches of government. He was Defence Minister (2000-2001) and later Law and Human Rights Minister (2001) under Abdurrahman Wahid, a legislator (2004-2008) in the House of Representatives representing the National Awakening Party (PKB) and elected as a justice for the Constitutional Court in 2008. In the 2024 presidential election, Mahfud was Ganjar Pranowo’s running mate, supported by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). Mahfud is affiliated with Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and is a Professor in the Faculty of Law, Indonesian Islamic University (UII), Yogyakarta.
Mara Yue Du was Wang Gungwu Visiting Fellow at the Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS) Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. She is Associate Professor at the Department of History, The College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell University.
Marco Kamiya is an Associate Senior Fellow at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, and is the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Representative for Indonesia and Timor Leste in Jakarta.
Dr Maria Carinnes Alejandria is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the Coordinator of the Sociology and Anthropology Programme at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
