Columbia University in the City of New York
Gov. Yusef during his presentation to students and faculty
Human Rights & Peace Building in Aceh with Gov. Irwandi Yusuf
September 11, 2007
A brown bag with Irwandi Yusuf Governor of Aceh, Indonesia
In an historic general gubernatorial election on 11 December 2006, the people of Aceh voted for a former separatist leader, Irwandi Yusuf, as the new Governor of Aceh. Governor Yusuf was formally installed as Aceh’s first democratically elected Governor on 8 February 2007.
In addition to being designated as the Senior Representative to the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) from 2005 (immediately after the signing of the Helsinki Peace Accord 15 August 2005) until AMM’s departure December 2006, Governor Yusuf played a key role in the Helsinki peace talks between the Government of Indonesia and Free Aceh Movement (GAM).
He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR) for Aceh-Nias and has overall responsibility of the newly re-structured Aceh Reintegration Peace Agency (BRA) securing and sustaining the peace process.
