Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih (1 February 1955 – 2 May 2012) was an Indonesian

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, and

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. She served as

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of the

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from October 22, 2009 until her passing on May 2, 2012.

Career

Sedyaningsih began her career in 1979 as a

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in the Jakarta Pertamina Hospital. She joined the public health service in 1980 and worked in remote areas as the Head of Waipare Health Center in

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for three years. In 1983, she moved to

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and continued working in the public health service with the Jakarta Provincial Health Office. In 1997, she joined the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) of the

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n Ministry of Health.

Research work

Sedyaningsih worked as a researcher in the Center of Disease Control Research and Program Development, NIHRD for more than a decade. For 6 months in 2001, she spent her time working at the

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Headquarters in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. From 1997 to 2006, Sedyaningsih held an important position at the World Health Organization’s headquarters in Geneva, as a technical adviser in the department of communicable disease surveillance and response. She was appointed as the Director of the Center of Biomedical Research and Program Development, NIHRD in 2007. Sedyaningsih was given notable credit by her fellow researchers for her courage in having helped devise the

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sharing mechanism, playing a constructive role in global health.

Minister of Health

22 October 2009, Sedyaningsih was appointed as the

of the

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and joined his cabinet which is called the ''Second Unified Indonesia Cabinet''. She succeeded her former supporter and boss Siti Fadillah Supari who had initially expressed her disappointment over the Sedyaningsih's appointment as her replacement.

Illness and death

In October 2010 she was diagnosed with

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and underwent extensive treatment. On April 20, 2012, she was admitted to

Cipto Mangunkusumo Cipto Mangunkusumo or Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo (4 March 1886 in Pecangakan, Ambarawa, Semarang – 8 March 1943 in Batavia) was a prominent Indonesian independence leader and Sukarno's political mentor. Together with Ernest Douwes Dekker and Soewa ...

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(''Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo'', RSCM) due to continuous pain. On April 26, 2012, when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited her in the hospital, she tendered her resignation as

due to ill-health. On April 30, 2012, Keputusan Presiden (''Presidential Decree'') No. 46/P/2012 was signed by

Yudhoyono, ending Sedyaningsih's term as Indonesia's Minister of Health. Sedyaningsih died at the age of 57 on 2 May 2012 in RSCM,

. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presided over her

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the next day at the Heroes Plaza, San Diego Hills Memorial Park,

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Education

Sedyaningsih grew up in Jakarta and went to a public elementary school, later on called as SD Negeri Merdeka Timur. She then continued her education to SMP Negeri 35 and SMA Negeri 4 in Jalan Batu. Sedyaningsih received her

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in 1979 from the Faculty of Medicine at the

University of Indonesia The University of Indonesia ( id, Universitas Indonesia, abbreviated as UI) is a public university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the oldest tertiary-level educational institutions in Indonesia (known as the Dut ...

, and her

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(MPH) and Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degrees in Social

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from

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in 1997.

Personal life

Sedyaningsih was the oldest daughter of

Sudjiran Resosudarmo Sudjiran Resosudarmo (1920–1985) (also written as Soedjiran Resosoedarmo or Soedjiran Reksosoe-darmo) was an Indonesian geographer and teacher. He was the rector of Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (IKIP) Jakarta, now known as the State ...

and Satimah Mardjana. Sedyaningsih was married to Dr. Reanny Mamahit, an

obstetrics and gynaecology Obstetrics and Gynaecology (also spelled as Obstetrics and Gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and t ...

specialist and Director of RSUD

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(Tangerang Region Public Hospital). The couple had two sons and a daughter.

References

External links

* Ministry of Health, Republic of Indonesi

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