Chozin Chumaidy

Achmad Chozin Chumaidy, or simply Chozin Chumaidy, is an Indonesian politician from the United Development Party. He served as the Indonesian ambassador to Lebanon from 2014 to 2018, a DPR-RI member for four terms from 1992 to 2019, and a West Java DPRD member from 1977 to 1987.

Early life and education Chozin was born in Pekalongan, West Java on 8 October 1948. He finished primary school at SDI Wonopringgo Pekalongan in 1961. He then continued his education at Pondok Pesantren Tebuireng, Jombang, East Java. He finished middle school education in 1964 and high school education in 1968.

He then went to the Muamalah study program at the IAIN Sunan Gunung Djati Faculty of Syariah, Bandung and graduated in 1975. In college, he was active in the Indonesian Islamic Student Movement (Indonesian: Pergerakan Mahasiswa Islam Indonesia, PMII) and served as the secretary-general (1970–1972) and the chairperson (1973–1975) of PMII Bandung. He was also the head of the Faculty of Syariah Senate of his college in 1970–1971.

He was re-elected for the subsequent three terms (1997–1999, 1999–2004, and 2004–2009). In his third term, he was also assigned to the MPR-RI Working Body ad hoc committee II and became the vice chairperson of the DPR-RI United Development Party fraction.

For the 2004–2009 term, there was a reorganization of Indonesian constituencies, and he represented West Java IX after winning 30.980 votes.

Throughout his parliamentary career, he also held various roles in the United Development Party at the local or national level. He served as the West Java Vice Chairperson (1985–1990, 1995–1998), West Java Secretary (1990–1995), Central Leadership Council Vice Secretary (1998–2003), Central Leadership Council Vice General Secretary (2003–2007), and Central Leadership Council Vice Chairperson (2007–2011).