Muhammad Ilyas
7th Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia)
In office
12 August 1955  10 July 1959
PresidentSukarno
Preceded byMasjkur
Succeeded byK.H.M. Wahib Wahab
Personal details
Born(1911-11-23)November 23, 1911
Kraksaan, Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia
DiedDecember 5, 1970(1970-12-05) (aged 59)
Jakarta, Indonesia

Muhammad Ilyas (November 23, 1911, Kraksaan, Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia – December 5, 1970, Jakarta, Indonesia, at the age of 59) was the Minister of Religious Affairs in 1955-1959 in the Burhanuddin Harahap Cabinet, Second Ali Sastroamidjojo Cabinet, and the Djuanda Cabinet in the reign of the first Indonesian president Sukarno.[1] He also served as Indonesian ambassador to Saudi Arabia for six years, from 1959.[2]

KH Muhammad Ilyas is the in-law of Muhammad Maftuh Basyuni, Minister of Religious Affairs in the United Indonesia Cabinet from 2004-2009.

In 1969, he led the Indonesian delegation following a Summit, which was attended by 26 Islamic countries in Rabat, Morocco which discussed the Palestine-Israel conflict.[3]

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