Hari Sabarno (12 August 1944 – 31 May 2019) was an Indonesian army officer and former Minister of Home Affairs.

Early life and career

On 12 March 2004, he was appointed by

Megawati Soekarnoputri Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (; born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. She previously served as the eighth vice president from 1999 to 2001. Megawati i ...

to be the interim Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs replacing

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who resigned from the post. Hari Sabarno also served as

Minister of Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

Corruption

When he served as Minister of Home Affairs, there was a case of corruption in the procurement of Fire Trucks in 22 regions in

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in 2002. This case dragged former Director General of Regional Autonomy Oentarto Sindung Mawardi and a number of regional heads to prison. Oentarto and a number of regional heads said Hari had to take responsibility for the corruption.

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