Masjkur

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Kyai Hadji Masjkur
5th Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs
In office 11 November 1947 – 21 January 1950
President	Sukarno
Preceded by	Anwaruddin
Succeeded by	Wahid Hasyim
In office 30 July 1953 – 12 August 1955
President	Sukarno
Preceded by	Fakih Usman
Succeeded by	Muhammad Ilyas
Personal details
Born	(1917-12-15)December 15, 1917 Malang, East Java, Dutch East Indies
Died	December 25, 1994(1994-12-25) (aged 77) Indonesia
Nationality	Indonesia
Political party	Nahdlatul Ulama

K.H. Masjkur (EISS: Masykur; 15 December 1917 ‒ 25 December 1994) was the Indonesia in the years 1947–1949 and 1953–1955. He was also a member of House of Representatives of Indonesia in 1956–1971 and a member of Supreme Advisory Council in 1968.

Prominent involvement in the struggle for independence in the days of the Japanese occupation, as a member of the Board of Inquiry Efforts Preparation of Indonesian Independence. Masjkur also noted as the founder of Homeland Defenders (PETA) a Japanese backed militia made in preparation of a possible allied invasion, a predecessor to the Indonesian armed forces. When the battle of Surabaya broke out, his name appeared as the leader of .