BOGOR - After carrying out the 116th National Awakening Day (Harkitnas) commemoration ceremony
the Acting Regent of Bogor Asmawa Tosepu together with the West Java Regional Police Chief Inspector General of Police Akhmad Wiyagus along with the Bogor Regency Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda)
made a pilgrimage and scattered flowers to the Tomb of the National Hero KH Dr 
the name KH Idham Chalid may be familiar to people who often hold Rp
Idham Chalid's face has been on the Rp
5,000 denomination banknote since the 2016 issue
This National Hero has been immortalized again on the same denomination note issued in 2022
He studied at the Amuntai People's School (SR)
and Madrasah Muallimin Tinggi Pondok Modern Gontor Ponorogo
In 1957 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Al-Azhar University in Cairo
Idham Chalid (1922 – 2010) during his lifetime was a scholar and politician with a santri background in state duties
He was actively involved in various historical episodes of post-independence Indonesian government
The role that Idham Chalid has played on the national political stage since the fifties shows how the role of ulama is inseparable from the journey of the republic
he studied at Madrasah Mualimin Tinggi Pondok Modern Gontor
He received the Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Al-Azhar University in Cairo in 1957
Idham Chalid has reached maturity in leadership
History paved the way for him to assume a state role during the reign of President Soekarno (Old Order) and the government of President Soeharto (New Order)
He was an accomplished politician and statesman who survived all weather
written by history and religion observer M
Idham Chalid was recorded as having been Deputy Prime Minister in the Ali-Roem-Idham Cabinet (1956-1957)
Deputy Prime Minister in the Djuanda Cabinet (1957-1959)
and Deputy Prime Minister in the Dwikora Cabinet (1966)
he was a member of the Supreme Advisory Council (DPA) and Deputy Chair of the MPRS (1962-1966)
he served as Coordinating Minister in the Working Cabinet and Dwikora Cabinet
Idham Chalid was appointed Coordinating State Minister for People's Welfare in the First Development Cabinet (1968-1973) and ad interim Minister of Social Affairs (1970-1971)
he was elected Chairman of the DPR/MPR-RI for the 1971-1977 period
Subsequently he served as Chairman of DPA-RI for the period 1978-1983
and member of Team P7 (Advisor to the President on the Implementation of Guidelines for the Appreciation and Practice of Pancasila) with its chairman Dr
Idham Chalid sat as a member of the Advisory Council of the Central Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) starting in 1985
Idham Chalid co-founded the United Development Party (PPP) on January 5 1973 and was trusted to become president of the PPP party
Idham Chalid was known as a driver of public education
He spent his youth serving his alma mater by teaching at the Darussalam Gontor Islamic Boarding School
Idham is also the Director of the Noormal Islamic School in Amuntai
he also founded two Islamic religious education foundations
Darul Maarif in South Jakarta and Darul Qur'an in Cisarua
This education should not be commercialized
 Idham Chalid died on July 11 2010 which coincided with 28 Sha'ban 1431 H at the age of 80 years
Idham Chalid was awarded the title of National Hero on November 7 2011
the government also awarded the title of National Hero to two other Islamic figures