Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej

Edward "Eddy" Omar Sharif Hiariej (born 10 April 1973) is an Indonesian professor and writer. He served as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights. He is criminal law lecturer at Faculty of Law at Gadjah Mada University.

Early life
Hiariej was born on 10 April 1973 in Ambon, Maluku, as the seventh child. His sisters included Irma (b. 1967), and his brothers included Eric Hiariej (b. c. 1974), a lecturer at Gadjah Mada University. Hiarief graduated from high school in 1992 and enrolled at Faculty of Law at Gadjah Mada University in 1993, where he graduated in 1998. He continued to earned his master and PhD degrees from the same university in 2004 and 2009, respectively.

Personal life
Hiariej is married to Hega Hayfa Hiariej and has two children.

Gadjah Mada University
Hiariej started his career as a lecturer at Faculty of Law at Gadjah Mada University in 1999. He became assistant vice chancellor for student affairs from 2002 until 2007 and continued as professor of criminal law in 2010 at age 37. He became an expert witness in the murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin case in 2016 and in Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's blasphemy case. His last witness experience was in the 2019 Presidential Election (Pilpres) dispute trial between Widodo-Amin and Subianto-Uno. In 2018, he made his film debut in Tengkorak, a film made by the vocational school of Gadjah Mada University.

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights
On 23 December 2020, he was appointed by President Jokowi as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights. On 4 December 2023, he resigned from his position after being declared a suspect in a graft case by the Corruption Eradication Commission in November 2023.