Tgk. H. Iskandar Zulkarnaen, Ph.D. is listed as Deputy Executive Chair (Wakil Ketua Tanfidziyah) of the Aceh provincial board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PWNU Aceh) for 2026–2031, the board formed after the 15th regional conference in February 2026 and installed on 27 June 2026. In the Aceh Dayah Ulama Association (HUDA) for 2023–2028, led by Tgk. H. Muhammad Yusuf A. Wahab (Tu Sop), an Iskandar Zulkarnain, Ph.D. serves as deputy general secretary of the Syuriah council, and a Tgk. Iskandar Zulkarnaen, Ph.D. heads the cooperation and foreign relations division of the Tastafi study council (2023–2028); matching names and titles suggest these are very probably the same person. An Iskandar Zulkarnaen, Ph.D. is a senior lecturer in political science at Universitas Malikussaleh, Lhokseumawe, working on conflict resolution, terrorism and the role of dayah ulama, with works such as “Aceh: Conflict Development after the Helsinki Agreement” (2018) and “The Thought Pattern of Aceh's Teungku Dayah in the Development of Islamic Madani” (2021); identity with the NU office-holder is possible but not confirmed by sources.