Salim Sayyid Mengga

Salim Sayyid Mengga (24 September 1951 – 31 January 2026) was an Indonesian army officer and politician who served as vice-governor of West Sulawesi from February 2025 until his death on 31 January 2026. A retired major general of the Indonesian Army, he earlier sat in the national House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016.

Early life and education Mengga was born in Pambusuang, Polewali Mandar, on 24 September 1951. He entered the Indonesian Military Academy and graduated in 1974 from the cavalry branch, later completing officer education that included the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College and the National Resilience Institute.

Transitioning to politics, Mengga was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2009 legislative election for the West Sulawesi constituency with the Democratic Party, serving on Commission I which oversees defense, foreign affairs and information. He won reelection for the 2014 to 2019 term but resigned on 19 December 2016, after which his seat was filled through the parliament's replacement mechanism.

In the 2024 regional elections he ran as deputy to Suhardi Duka in the West Sulawesi ticket, and the pair were sworn in at the State Palace on 20 February 2025 for the 2025 to 2030 term. As vice-governor, he drew on his military and parliamentary background to support provincial administration before dying in office in Makassar on 31 January 2026, with burial arranged at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta.