Abdul Halim Iskandar

{{Short description|Indonesian politician (born 1962)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Abdul Halim Iskandar

| image = KIM A. Halim Iskandar.jpg

| alt = Official portrait of Halim

| caption = Official portrait, 2019

| order = 7th

| office = Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration{{!}}Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantage Regions, and Transmigration

| term_start = 23 October 2019

| term_end = 1 October 2024

| president = Joko Widodo

| predecessor = Eko Putro Sandjojo

| successor = Yandri Susanto

| order1 = 12th

| office1 = East Java Regional House of Representatives {{!}}Speaker of the East Java Regional House of Representatives

| term_start1 = 2 October 2014

| term_end1 = 31 August 2019

| predecessor1 = Imam Sunardhi

| successor1 = Kusnadi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|7|14}}

| birth_place = Jombang, East Java, Indonesia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = National Awakening Party

| spouse = Lilik Umi Nasriiyah

| children = 3

| relations = Muhaimin Iskandar (brother)

| alma_mater = Yogyakarta State University (Drs.)
State University of Malang (M.Pd.)

}}

Abdul Halim Iskandar (born 14 July 1962), often nicknamed Gus Halim, is an Indonesian politician who is the 7th and former Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration in President Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet since 2019-2024.{{Cite news| date = 23 October 2019 | title = BREAKING: Jokowi announces his new Cabinet. Here's the line up | work = The Jakarta Post | url = https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/10/23/breaking-jokowis-new-cabinet-announced-here-is-the-lineup.html | url-status = live | access-date = 12 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200607083117/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/10/23/breaking-jokowis-new-cabinet-announced-here-is-the-lineup.html | archive-date = 7 June 2020}} A member of the National Awakening Party (PKB), he previously served as the speaker of the East Java Regional People's Representative Council from 2014 to 2019. Halim is the brother of Muhaimin Iskandar, the leader of the PKB, and the great-grandchild of {{ill|Bisri Syansuri|id}}, a politician and figure in the Nahdlatul Ulama.{{Cite web | date = 23 October 2019 | title = Profil Lengkap Abdul Halim Iskandar, dari Santri hingga Jadi Menteri Desa | trans-title = Full Profile of Abdul Halim Iskandar, from Santri to Minister of Villages | url = https://regional.kompas.com/read/2019/10/23/13270971/profil-lengkap-abdul-halim-iskandar-dari-santri-hingga-jadi-menteri-desa?page=all | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200726004454/https://regional.kompas.com/read/2019/10/23/13270971/profil-lengkap-abdul-halim-iskandar-dari-santri-hingga-jadi-menteri-desa?page=all | archive-date = 26 July 2020 | access-date = 19 September 2020 | website = Kompas.com | language = id}} He is married to Lilik Umi Nasriiyah, the couple has 3 children.{{Cite web | date = 2019 | title = Profil Menteri | trans-title = Profile of Minister | url = https://kemendesa.go.id/berita/view/kemendesa/18/profil-menteri | access-date = 3 December 2022 | publisher = Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration | language = id}}

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