Al Haris
governor of Jambi Province, Indonesia
Al Haris (born 23 November 1973) is an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat who has served as the governor of Jambi since 2021. Before becoming governor, he was elected twice as regent of Merangin Regency, serving between 2013 and 2021. He was a civil servant in Jambi for over 20 years before entering politics.
Early life
Al Haris was born in Sekancing village of Merangin Regency in Jambi on 23 November 1973. His father was a farmer. After completing middle school in his home village, he enrolled at a high school in the regency capital of Bangko. He worked odd jobs during school, including selling newspapers and being a shopkeeper.
Career
After completing high school, Haris initially continued to work at various jobs including at a jellyfish processing factory and selling martabak. He was accepted as an employee of Radio Republik Indonesia at Jambi City in 1992. In 1993, he enrolled at the local management academy, graduating in 1998.
“Al Haris” enters the record as governor of Jambi Province, Indonesia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Haris, governor and Jambi can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25466192. The first chronological checks are 1973, 2021, 2013 and 1992.
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This entry incorporates text from “Al Haris” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.