Chairul Saleh Dt Paduko Rajo (September 13, 1916 – February 8, 1967) was born in
Sawahlunto
Sawahlunto (Jawi script, Jawi: ) is a city in West Sumatra, Western Sumatra province, Indonesia, and lies 90 kilometres (a 2-hour drive) from Padang, the provincial capital. Sawahlunto is known as the site for the oldest coal mining site in Southe ...
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West Sumatra
West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5, ...
. He was an Indonesian government minister and vice prime minister during the
Sukarno
Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno was the leader of ...
presidency. He was a close confidant of Sukarno, whom he had helped persuade to
declare Indonesian independence in 1945. He lived in the
Netherlands
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from 1952–1953, but returned to Indonesia after being expelled. He joined Sukarno’s circle of advisers in 1955.
[Ricklefs (1982) p264]
One week before
the abortive coup on 30 September 1965, Saleh went to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
with a delegation of 45 to celebrate
China's national day on 1 October.
[Hughes, John (2002), ''The End of Sukarno – A Coup that Misfired: A Purge that Ran Wild'', Archipelago Press, p. 20, ] He is buried in
Karet Bivak Cemetery
Karet Bivak is a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the second largest in the city.
Description
Karet Bivak is located in Central Jakarta, Jakarta. It covers an area of , making it the second-largest cemetery in Jakarta. In 2007 it contained a ...
,
Central Jakarta
Central Jakarta ( id, Jakarta Pusat) is one of the five administrative cities () which form the Special Capital Region of Jakarta. It had 902,973 inhabitants according to the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,056,896 at the 2 ...
.
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20091027085922/http://geocities.com/forumleuven/artikel/chairul.html
* Ricklefs (1982), ''A History of Modern Indonesia'', Macmillan Southeast Asian reprint,
Notes
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Minangkabau people
Sukarno
Speakers of the People's Consultative Assembly
1916 births
1967 deaths
People from Sawahlunto
Government ministers of Indonesia
Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany