Anis Matta

Muhammad Anis Matta (born 7 December 1968) is an Indonesian politician who serves as a member of Gelora Party. He served as secretary general of Prosperous Justice Party for four consecutive terms (1998–2013) and was appointed for the first time at the age of 29,^[1] before being appointed as party chairman.

Anis Matta
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 2024 Serving with Arrmanatha Nasir Arif Havas
President	Prabowo Subianto
Minister	Sugiono
1st Chairman of the Gelora Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 November 2019
Preceded by	Office established
5th President of the Prosperous Justice Party
In office 1 February 2013 – 10 August 2015
Preceded by	Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq [id]
Succeeded by	Sohibul Iman
Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council
In office 1 October 2009 – 1 February 2013
Succeeded by	Sohibul Iman
Personal details
Born	(1968-12-07) 7 December 1968 (age 56) Bone, Indonesia
Political party	Gelora
Other political affiliations	PKS (1998–2015)
Spouses	Anaway Irianty Mansyur Szilvi Fabula
Children	10
Alma mater	LIPIA National Resilience Institute

Biography

Matta served as Deputy Speaker of People's Representative Council between 2009 and 2014, but resigned on 1 February 2013 to become chairman of PKS.^[2] He replaced Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq, who was convicted of corruption.^[3] On 10 November 2019, Matta was appointed chairman of Indonesian People's Waves Party (Gelora Party) with Fahri Hamzah former Prosperous Justice Party.^[4]

Matta was married to Anaway Irianty Mansyur, with whom he had seven children. He later married a Hungarian woman named Szilvi Fabula in 2006, which led to controversy over polygamy.^[5] Matta has three children with his second wife.