| Born / Place | April 26, 1944, in Solo, Central Java |
| Education | Post-graduate degrees in political Science |
| Family | Married to Kusnariyati Sri Rahayu, five children |
| Quote | "Religious law teaches a life for a life, an ear for an ear, an eye for an eye." |
| Power Points | When opportunity knocks, Rais answers. The astute Jogjakarta lecturer turned defeat at the polls into a place as the chief of the People's Consultative Assembly, the nation's highest legislative body. Swinging from religious right to moderate center and back, Rais is hard to pin down, except as a political opportunist. Add to that his new status as a powerbroker: witness his naming of cabinet ministers after first maneuvering Abdurrahman Wahid to the presidency. But Rais's cavalier, shoot-from-the-hip approach doesn't sit well with the president, and his ideological switches have confused his public image and shaken his urban intellectual support. His challenge: find the right voter base to buttress his power.
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