Mahyuddin N.S

Mahyuddin Natimbul Same'a (14 September 1947 – 8 April 2021) was an Indonesian politician and academic who served as the vice governor of South Sumatra from 2003 to 2008 and as governor of South Sumatra in 2008. Following his five-month tenure as governor, Mahyuddin later served as a member of the People's Representative Council from 2009 to 2014.

Early life Mahyuddin was born on 14 September 1947 as the fourth son of the seven children of Natimbul and Same'a in the village of Tanjungkurung, located in the Lahat Regency. He began his studies at a local People's School at the age of seven and he later graduated from his elementary school in 1960. After attending specialized education on obstetrics and gynaecology at Airlangga University in 1984, Mahyuddin became a lecturer at Sriwijaya University. A political scandal occurred after the election, when fifteen MPs from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) endorsed Syahrial instead of party-approved Rosihan. Megawati Soekarnoputri, the president of Indonesia at that time who was the chairwoman of the PDI-P delayed the confirmation of the results due to this scandal. Mahyuddin and Syahrial were eventually inaugurated on 7 November 2003. Mahyuddin assumed office after he resigned and was later inaugurated on 11 July 2008. His term ended on 7 November 2008. During his governorship, Mahyuddin enacted a decree which legally banned the existence of Ahmadiyya in South Sumatra.

Member of the People's Representative Council Mahyuddin was elected into the People's Representative Council after gaining 75,695 votes from the South Sumatra I electoral district. Mahyuddin handed over his office as chairman to Agus Hermanto after a three-year tenure.

He later ran again as a member of the People's Representative Council from the same party and constituency in 2014. He did not obtain enough votes for a parliamentary seat.

Death Mahyuddin died on 8 April 2021, reportedly around 23:45 in Palembang. He died due to COVID-19. A proper gubernatorial funeral for him could not be held due to his cause of death.