Jacky Manuputty is a minister in the Protestant Church in Maluku, and Director of the Research and Development Agency (Balitbang) of the Protestant Church in Maluku (GPM). He is the Founder and Director of the Inter-Faith Organisation in Maluku (LAIM). He has been awarded the Ma’arif Award 2005 in the category of peace worker; and the Tanenbaum Award, New York, USA in 2012 for the category of Peacemakers in Action.