Rusli Habibie

In this Indonesian name, the surname is Habibie.

Rusli Habibie is an Indonesian politician and former governor of Gorontalo. He is nephew of the third president and seventh vice president of Indonesia, B. J. Habibie.^[1]

Rusli Habibie
Rusli Habibie in 2014
Governor of Gorontalo
In office 16 January 2012 – 12 May 2022
Preceded by	Gusnar Ismail
Succeeded by	Hamka Hendra Noer (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1963-06-06) 6 June 1963 (age 62) North Gorontalo Regency, Gorontalo, Indonesia
Citizenship	Indonesian
Political party	Golkar

Habibie's election was significant due to questions over his legal eligibility. He had previously been convicted of defamation of the province's former police chief and was still on probation at the time of the election.^[2]

Habibie requested that if schoolteachers smoke on school grounds, then people should send him photos of the offender via WhatsApp so he can reassign them to schools in more remote areas of the province as punishment.^[3]