Azwar Anas

{{short description|Indonesian politician, bureaucrat and military officer (1931–2023)}}

{{for|the regent|Abdullah Azwar Anas}}

{{Indonesian name|patronymic=yes|Anas|Azwar}}

{{Use dmy dates| date = December 2021}}

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| name = Azwar Anas

| native_name =

| honorific_suffix = gelar Datuk Rajo Suleman

| image = Governor of West Sumatra Azwar Anas.jpg

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| alt = Official portrait

| caption = Official portrait, {{circa|1982}}

| order =

| office = 8th Coordinating Minister
for People's Welfare

| term_start = 17 March 1993

| term_end = 16 March 1998

| president = Suharto

| predecessor = Soepardjo Rustam

| successor = Haryono Suyono

| order1 =

| office1 = 27th Minister of Transportation

| term_start1 = 23 March 1988

| term_end1 = 17 March 1993

| president1 = Suharto

| predecessor1 = Rusmin Nuryadin

| successor1 = Haryanto Dhanutirto

| order2 =

| office2 = 4th Governor of West Sumatra

| term_start2 = 18 October 1977

| term_end2 = 30 October 1987

| predecessor2 = Harun Zain

| successor2 = Hasan Basri Durin

| birth_name = Azwar Anas

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|8|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Padang, Dutch East Indies

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|3|5|1931|8|2|df=y}}

| death_place = Jakarta, Indonesia

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| nationality = Indonesian

| party = Golkar (Golongan Karya)

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| spouse = Djusmeini

| relations =

| children = 5

| mother = Rakena Anas

| father = Anas Malik Sutan Masabumi

| alma_mater = Bandung Institute of Technology
Syracuse University

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Azwar Anas gelar Datuk Rajo Suleman (2 August 1931 – 5 March 2023), more colloquially referred to as Pak Anas, was an Indonesian politician, bureaucrat, and military officer. A member of the Golkar political party, he served in a number of positions during President Suharto's New Order regime. During his career in government, he served as the coordinating minister for people's welfare, minister of transportation, and governor of the province of West Sumatra.{{cite web | url = http://www.tokohindonesia.com/ensiklopedi/a/azwar-anas/index.shtml#selection-1753.1-1712.42 | url-access = | title = Azwar Anas: Pencetus Gebu Minang | last = | first = | author = | author-link = | date = 21 November 2006 | orig-date = | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | website = www.tokohindonesia.com |publisher = | location = | page = | pages = | language = id | trans-title = Azwar Anas: The originator of Gebu Minang | type = Website | format = | access-date = 16 December 2021 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20061121130158/http://www.tokohindonesia.com/ensiklopedi/a/azwar-anas/index.shtml#selection-1682.0-1695.20 | archive-date = 21 November 2006}}

Born in Padang, in what was then the West Sumatra Residency, he graduated from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1959, and attended Syracuse University that same year. He then joined the military, and underwent military training at the Reserve Officers School in Bogor. After graduating he was appointed by President Sukarno as a first lieutenant. During his time in the military, he became the director of Semen Padang.

In 1977, he was elected as the governor of West Sumatra, following the end of Harun Zain's term. He served as governor for two terms, from 1977 until 1987. As governor, he was known for his religiosity and was popular among many West Sumatrans. After leaving the office of governor, he continued to serve in government. In 1988, he was appointed minister of transportation and later he was appointed the General Chair of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) in 1991. Two years later, Azwar was appointed coordinating minister for people's welfare, before eventually leaving government in 1998.