Four years ago, Nurmahmudi Ismail's world was far from the hustle and bustle of politics. Born in Kediri, November 11, 1961, he formerly worked as a researcher at the Agency for the Assessment & Application of Technology (BPPT). The 1998 reform that gave birth to new parties made him all of a sudden captivated in politics and the world of parties.

With his colleagues, activists of campuses from his student days, the Bogor Institute of Agric