Arbi Sanit (4 June 1939 – 25 March 2021) was an Indonesian political scientist and lecturer in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences,

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. He wrote several books on Indonesian political system.

Early life

Sanit was born in

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. He obtained his bachelor's degree in political sciences from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia, in 1969. He also studied at the

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in 1973–1974.

References

1939 births Minangkabau people 2021 deaths People from Pesisir Selatan Regency Indonesian political scientists University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Academic staff of the University of Indonesia {{Indonesia-academic-bio-stub