Raden Djuanda Kartawidjaja (
EYD: Raden Juanda Kartawijaya; 14 January 1911 – 7 November 1963), commonly known as Djuanda Kartawidjaja, usually referred to simply as Djuanda, was an Indonesian politician and ethnic
Sundanese
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* Sundanese people
* Sundanese language
* Sundanese script
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noble
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* Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land
* Noble Peak, Wiencke Island
* Noble Rocks, Graham Land
Australia
* Noble Island, Gr ...
from the court of
Cirebon
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, who served as the 11th and last
Prime Minister of Indonesia. He previously served as
Minister of Communications in seven cabinets from 1946 to 1949 and 1950 to 1953; as Minister of State in 1949 and Minister of Welfare from 1949 to 1950. Djuanda was Indonesia's final Prime Minister in the
Sukarno "Karya" cabinets, the final cabinets of the
Liberal Democracy Era (prior to the Guided Democracy period) and as First Minister from 1959 until his death in 1963.
Djuanda's death and the abolition of the post of Prime Minister in the Indonesian Republican system allowed far greater power to be exercised by the President, now being given full ruling power with minimal oversight, as both Head of State and Head of Government. This had an enormous impact on Indonesian politics, allowing the constitutional legality of the
autocracy
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of
Sukarno and
Suharto
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.
Juanda International Airport
Juanda International Airport (JIA) ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Juanda) , is an international airport located in Sedati, Sidoarjo. It is now the third busiest airport in Indonesia (after Soekarno-Hatta and Ngurah Rai airport). This airp ...
, located in
Surabaya
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, is named after him, who suggested development for the airport.
Juanda railway station
Juanda Station ( id, Stasiun Juanda, station code: JUA) is a railway station located in Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. Since Gambir station stopped serving Commuterline trains, Juanda, along, with Gondangdia station ...
in
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
got its name from the nearby road, which is also named after him. He is also depicted in the recent 2016 edition of Rp 50,000
Indonesian rupiah banknotes.
Early life, family, and education (1911-1933)
Early life and family
Raden Djuanda Kartawidjaja was born on 14 January 1911, in
Tasikmalaya
en, Neaty City
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,
Indonesia
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(then the
Dutch East Indies
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). His family was of ethnic
Sundanese
Sundanese may refer to:
* Sundanese people
* Sundanese language
* Sundanese script
Standard Sundanese script (''Aksara Sunda Baku'', ) is a writing system which is used by the Sundanese people. It is built based on Old Sundanese script (' ...
noble
A noble is a member of the nobility.
Noble may also refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Noble Glacier, King George Island
* Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land
* Noble Peak, Wiencke Island
* Noble Rocks, Graham Land
Australia
* Noble Island, Gr ...
descent. His father, Raden Kartawidjaja, was a young teacher, while his mother, Nyi Monat, was a housewife. He also has 3 brothers and 2 sisters.
Education
In his childhood, Djuanda Kartawidjaja went to elementary school at the
Hogere Burger School (HBS). Then he transferred to the
Europesche Lagere School (ELS). After that, he continued to the
Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng
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(now the
Bandung Institute of Technology
The Bandung Institute of Technology ( id, Institut Teknologi Bandung, abbreviated as ITB) is a national research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. Since its establishment in 1920, ITB has been consistently recognized as Indonesia's premi ...
), majoring in
civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...
. While a student, he was also active in non-political organizations such as the
Paguyuban Pasundan
Paguyuban Pasundan ( in Sundanese) is a Sundanese cultural organization that was founded on 20 July 1913, and is one of the oldest organizations in Indonesia that still operates. During its existence, the organization has been moving in the fiel ...
and
Muhammadiyah organizations. He graduated from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1933.
Early career (1933-1942)
He became a teacher at a
Muhammadiyah Islamic School in
Batavia
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Historical places
* Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands
* Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...
(now
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
), eventually becoming the principal of the school. In 1937, he became an engineer in the
West Java
West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...
Water Conservancy Bureau. In 1939, he became a senior advisor to the bureau. In addition, he also actively participated in the work of the Batavia Municipal Council.
World War II (1942-1945)
In 1942, the
Japanese Empire invaded and
occupied
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the
Dutch East Indies
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. The Japanese changed Batavia to its current name Jakarta. In the same year, Juanda participated in the Jakarta City Council election but was not elected.
Indonesian National Revolution (1945-1950)
Background
In 1943, the Japanese appointed Indonesian advisors (''sanyo'') to the administration and appointed nationalist leader
Sukarno leader of a new Central Advisory Board (''Chuo Sani-kai'') in
Jakarta
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. On 7 August, the day after the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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, the
Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence
The Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence ( id, Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia), PPKI, ja, 独立準備委員会, Dokuritsu Junbi Iinkai, lead=yes) was a body established on 7 August 1945 to prepare for the transfer of auth ...
(
Indonesian
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* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesian ...
: ''Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia'') or PPKI was established. Sukarno was chairman, and
Mohammad Hatta
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as vice chairman. On 19 August 1945, this body created 12 ministries for Indonesia's first cabinet, the
Presidential cabinet.
Cabinet minister
Juanda was known as the "marathon minister." In the
first 16 cabinets of Indonesia, he has been in the cabinet 12 times, mainly serving as
Minister of Transport
A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...
or
Minister of Economy
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...
. He joined Prime Minister
Sutan Sjahrir ’s
second cabinet (formed in March 1946) as a junior minister of the
Ministry of Communications
A Communications Ministry or Department of Communications is a ministry or other government agency charged with communication. Communications responsibilities includes regulating telecommunications, postal services, broadcasting and print media. T ...
. In the
third cabinet of Sjahrir, he joined the cabinet again and was promoted to minister of transportation. Apart from being the Minister of Transportation, he also held other strategic positions, including the Minister of Water, Prosperity, Finance and Defense.
He was also trusted to lead Dutch negotiations, one of which was negotiations at the
Round Table Conference
The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–1932 were a series of peace conferences organized by the British Government and Indian political personalities to discuss constitutional reforms in India. These started in November 1930 and ended in Dec ...
. During the conference, Djuanda was sent to be the Chair of the Economic and Finance Committee for the Indonesian Delegation. In the negotiations, the
Netherlands
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officially recognized the independence of the Indonesian government.
Djuanda was also entrusted to lead the Japanese Railways Bureau. This was followed by the takeover of the Mining Bureau, Municipality, Residency and military objects in North Bandung Warehouse. After carrying out this task, he was appointed Head of the Railway Bureau for the
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...
and
Madura
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regions.
Political career (1950-1963)
Prime Minister of Indonesia
Djuanda declaration
![Djuanda Cabinet Mimbar Penerangan April 1957 p208](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Djuanda_Cabinet_Mimbar_Penerangan_April_1957_p208.jpg)
The
Djuanda Declaration which was initiated on 13 December 1957 by Djuanda. This declaration stated to the world that the Indonesian seas included the seas around, between and within the Indonesian archipelago into one unitary territory of the Republic of Indonesia or in the convention on the law of the sea.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international agreement that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities. , 167 c ...
(UNCLOS), is known as an archipelagic state.
# The content of this Juanda Declaration states:
# That Indonesia declares as an archipelagic country that has its own style
# That since time immemorial, the archipelago has been a single entity
# The provisions of the 1939 Ordinance concerning the Ordinance, can divide the territorial integrity of Indonesia. The declaration contains a purpose:
# To realize the form of the territory of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia which is complete and round
# To determine the boundaries of the territory of the Republic of Indonesia, in accordance with the principles of the Archipelago State
# To regulate peaceful shipping traffic that further ensures the security and safety of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia
The statement read by Djuanda became the legal basis for the drafting of the law used to replace the
Territoriale Zee en Maritime Kringen Ordonantie in 1939.
Death (1963)
On the afternoon of 6 November 1963, Djuanda, accompanied by his wife and daughter, went to a hotel in Jakarta to participate in the opening ceremony. He fell suddenly at 11:25 p.m., and his
pulse
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stopped 20 minutes later. His personal doctor rushed to the scene and gave him artificial respiration, but it was unsuccessful. On 7 November, the Indonesian government announced that Djuanda died of a
heart attack
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.
Legacy
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After his death, Djuanda was appointed a national figure, based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia No. 224/1963.
Juanda International Airport
Juanda International Airport (JIA) ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Juanda) , is an international airport located in Sedati, Sidoarjo. It is now the third busiest airport in Indonesia (after Soekarno-Hatta and Ngurah Rai airport). This airp ...
, located in
Surabaya
Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...
, is named after him, who suggested development for the airport.
Juanda railway station
Juanda Station ( id, Stasiun Juanda, station code: JUA) is a railway station located in Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. Since Gambir station stopped serving Commuterline trains, Juanda, along, with Gondangdia station ...
in
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
got its name from the nearby road, which is also named after him. He is also depicted in the recent 2016 edition of Rp 50,000
Indonesian rupiah banknotes.
Honours
* : Honorary Grand Commander of the
Order of the Defender of the Realm
The Most Esteemed Order of the Defender of the Realm ( ms, Darjah Yang Mulia Pangkuan Negara) is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country. The Order Motto are 'Dipeliharakan Allah-Pangkuan Negara' (By the Grace ...
(SMN) (K) – Tun (1959)
References
Bibliography
* Ricklefs (1982), ''A History of Modern Indonesia'', Macmillan Southeast Asian reprint,
* Simanjuntak, P.H.H (2003) ''Kabinet-Kabinet Republik Indonesia: Dari Awal Kemerdekaan Sampai Reformasi (Cabinets of the Republic of Indonesia: From the Start of Independence to the Reform Era)'', Penerbit Djambatan, Jakarta,
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