Muhammad Rapsel Ali

During his business career, Ali chaired the South Sulawesi branches of the Indonesian Distributors' Association and the Indonesian Construction Businessmen Association between 1997 and 2003.^[3] He was active in the shipping and service industries, and briefly owned an event organiser company.^[2]

In 2019, Ali ran as a candidate for the People's Representative Council for South Sulawesi's 1st electoral district.^[1] He won 43,382 votes and was elected as the only NasDem Party member from the electoral district.^[4] Ali was the only one out of 575 elected legislators who had not submitted a wealth assessment by the General Elections Commission (KPU) deadline of 7 September 2019, and thus KPU had to separately provide a recommendation to the president to allow for Ali's inauguration after his late submission of the necessary documents on 10 September.^[5][6] Within the council, he was part of the sixth commission overseeing industry, investment, and business competition.^[7]

Ali married Siti Nur Azizah, the fourth daughter of the vice-president of Indonesia, Ma'ruf Amin, in 2019.^[8] He had five children.^[1] He was a fan of cruiser motorcycles, and was active in related automotive associations.^[3] He also founded a motorcycle racing team, Mandalika Racing Team Indonesia.^[9] His younger brother, Muhammad Basli Ali, served as regent of Selayar Islands Regency.^[3]

On 9 April 2023, during a visit to his constituency in Makassar, Ali experienced a sudden heart attack. Although he was rushed to a hospital, he was pronounced dead prior to arriving there. He was 51.^[8][10] He was buried with a military funeral the following day at the Panaikang Heroes Cemetery in Makassar.^[11]