Syukron Ma'mun: key obituary facts
Is Syukron Ma'mun dead? Yes. Syukron Ma'mun died on October 18, 2026, at age 84.
Cause of death: Syukron Ma'mun's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Syukron Ma'mun known for?
Syukron Ma'mun was an Indonesian educator and politician.
Syukron Ma’mun, an Indonesian educator and politician, died on October 18, 2026, aged 84.
Born on December 21, 1941, he was also a religious scholar and led the Daarul Rahman Islamic boarding school in Jakarta. He was the second of nine children of KH Ma’mun Nawawi and Hj.
Masturah. His parents instilled discipline from an early age and supplemented his schooling with lessons at home. They taught him fiqh, ethics and other religious subjects, making religious learning an important part of his childhood education. Ma’mun began his Islamic studies at the Salafiyah pesantren in Sidogiri, East Java, where he studied classical Islamic texts with his teachers. After several years there, he moved to the modern Daarussalam Gontor pesantren in Ponorogo and continued his studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies Daarussalam (ISID) Gontor. He graduated from ISID as a member of its first cohort, earning the Sarjana Muda degree. In politics, he was among the founders of Partai Persatuan Nahdlatul Ummah Indonesia and served as its chairman. His work thus included leadership at the Jakarta pesantren and in the political party.