Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej

Edward "Eddy" Omar Sharif Hiariej (born 10 April 1973) is an Indonesian professor and writer. He served as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights. He is criminal law lecturer at Faculty of Law at Gadjah Mada University.

Early life Hiariej was born on 10 April 1973 in Ambon, Maluku, as the seventh child. His sisters included Irma Hiariej (born 1967), and his brothers included Eric Hiariej, a lecturer. Hiarief graduated from high school in 1992 and enrolled at Faculty of Law at Gadjah Mada University in 1993, where he graduated in 1998. He continued to earned his master and Ph.D degrees from the same university in 2004 and 2009, respectively.

Career

Gadjah Mada University Hiariej started his career as a lecturer at Faculty of Law at Gadjah Mada University in 1999. He became assistant vice chancellor for student affairs from 2002 until 2007 and continued as professor of criminal law in 2010 at age 37. His last witness experience was in the 2019 Presidential Election (Pilpres) dispute trial between Widodo-Amin and Subianto-Uno.

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights On 23 December 2020, he was appointed by President Jokowi as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights.