H. Sudirman, known as Haji Uma, has sat in the DPD (regional senate) since 2014 and in 2025 was serving a third term. An artist and preacher by background, he is known for repatriating Acehnese migrant workers and trafficking victims from Malaysia, Laos and Cambodia, securing PIP scholarships for pupils in East and North Aceh (2022), and criticising plans for four new army battalions in Aceh and the erosion of Aceh's special authority.