Abdul Azis Saleh

{{Short description|Indonesian anthropologist and scouting leader}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Abdul Azis Saleh

| image = Kol. Abdul Azis Saleh at Djuanda Cabinet, 1957.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Abdul Azis Saleh in 1957

| office = Minister of Industry

| term_start = 6 March 1962

| term_end = 28 March 1966

|predecessor = Chaerul Saleh

| successor = Mohammad Jusuf

| office1 = Minister of Agriculture

| term_start1 = 10 July 1959

| term_end1 = 6 March 1962

| predecessor1 = Sadjarwo Djarwonagoro

| successor1 = Sadjarwo Djarwonagoro

| office2 = Minister of Health

| term_start2 = 9 April 1957

| term_end2 = 5 July 1959

| predecessor2 = Hadrianus Sinaga

| successor2 = Satrio

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|9|20|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|4|3|1914|9|20|df=y}}

| death_place =

| nationality = Indonesian

| other_names =

| occupation = Specialist in anthropology and education

| years_active =

| known_for = Leader of Indonesian Scouting

| notable_works =

}}

Dr. Abdul Azis Saleh (20 September 1914 – 3 April 2001), a specialist in anthropology and education, was a leader of Indonesian Scouting and served as a member of the World Scout Committee and President of the World Organization of the Scout Movement Asia-Pacific Region.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ensiklopediapramuka.com/2012/08/azis-saleh-dr.html|title = Azis Saleh (Ka Kwarnari 1963 - 1967)}}

He became involved in the creation of the Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia in 1961 and was a member of the "Group of 5" mandated by President Sukarno, who took the opportunity of the absence of the Minister of Education to build a non-communist youth association.Hindley, Donald. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ivY5wrVDluUC&pg=PA199 The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1963]. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. p. 199 In 1970, he became Gerakan Pramuka Secretary General.

In 1978, he was awarded the 129th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the WOSM, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.{{Cite web | url = https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List | title = List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award | publisher = WOSM | website = scout.org | access-date = 2019-05-01 | archive-date = 2020-11-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129053624/https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List | url-status = dead }}

He was also successively Minister of Health (1957–1959), Minister of Agriculture and then Minister of Industry in Indonesia.