{{Short description|Indonesian politician (born 1954)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Constant Karma | office = Governor of Papua<br /><small>(acting)</small> | order = | image = Constant Karma.jpg | term_start = 5 November 2012 | term_end = 9 April 2013 | predecessor = Syamsul Arif Rivai | successor = Lukas Enembe | president = Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | office2 = List of vice governors of Papua{{!}}Vice Governor of Papua | order2 = 8th | term_start2 = 23 November 2000 | term_end2 = 23 November 2005 | predecessor2 = Abraham Octavianus Atururi | successor2 = Alex Hesegem | president2 = Abdurrahman Wahid<br />Megawati Soekarnoputri<br />Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|24}} | birth_place = Biak, Dutch New Guinea | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Gadjah Mada University | occupation = Politician, bureaucrat | party = | relations = Filep Karma <br /><small>(cousin)</small> }} drh. '''Constant Karma''' (born 24 March 1954) is an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat from Papua. He held the position of acting governor of Papua during the transitional period of 2012–2013<ref>{{cite web |date=6 November 2012 |title=Constant Karma Resmi Jadi Penjabat Gubernur Papua |url=http://otda.kemendagri.go.id/index.php/categoryblog/344-constant-karma-resmi-jadi-penjabat-gubernur-papua |access-date=22 December 2015 |website=Direktorat Jenderal Otonomi Daerah, Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia |publisher=Radar Timika}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=5 November 2012 |title=Constant Karma Ditunjuk Gantikan Syamsul Rivai |url=https://www.papua.go.id/view-detail-berita-2852/constant-karma-ditunjuk-gantikan-syamsul-rivai.html |access-date=22 December 2015 |website=Pemerintahan Provinsi Papua}}</ref> and was also deputy governor of Papua from 2000 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Atqa |first=Muhammad |date=9 December 2005 |title=Gubernur Papua Segera Diganti |url=http://hot.detik.com/read/2005/12/09/152132/495610/10/gubernur-papua-segera-diganti |access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>
== Life == Born in Biak on 24 March 1954, Karma completed his higher education at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Gadjah Mada University in 1981. He pursued a civil servant career in 1982 and held various positions as department head. Notably, he served as the head of the Agriculture Service in Jayawijaya Regency and later took on the role of the head of the Agriculture Service in Jayawijaya Regency and later took on the role of the head of the Animal Husbandry Service in Jayawijaya Regency, Jayapura Regency, and Papua (province).<ref>{{cite web |date=6 December 2004 |title=Profil Wakil Gubernur, drh. Constant Karma |url=http://ind.papua.go.id/pejabat/wagub.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206051256/http://ind.papua.go.id/pejabat/wagub.html |archive-date=2004-12-06 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Situs Resmi Provinsi Papua}}</ref>
== Work == *''HIV & AIDS di Papua: penanggulangan dan harapan'' (2014)<ref>{{cite book |title=HIV & AIDS di Papua: penanggulangan dan harapan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPH6sgEACAAJ | isbn=9786021465622 |access-date=3 August 2023 | last1=Karma | first1=Constant | date=2014 | publisher=Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS (KPA) Provinsi Papua }}</ref>
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