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Place of Birth: Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia
About Syahrul Yasin Limpo
- Syahrul Yasin Limpo is an Indonesian politician and the Minister of Agriculture, who has served under Joko Widodo's Onward Cabinet since his appointment on 23 October 2019.
- He served as the governor of South Sulawesi from 2008 to 2018.Limpo has been active during his governorship.
- In 2016, he was one among eight members of Golkar approved by the party cadre to campaign for the position of chairman, though he ultimately lost to current party leader Setya Novanto.
- After a 2017 meeting with Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University rector Sulaiman ibn Abdullah Abalkhail, Limpo helped facilitate the opening of a Saudi-funded university in the province.In 2017, Limpo oversaw a controversial project in the province to create five artificial islands in order to increase public space at Makassar.
- Opposition came from environmental organizations which filed a lawsuit and local fishermen who attempted to physically block the construction, claiming that the project would deplete fish stocks.He moved from Golkar to Nasdem in March 2018.
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