Sudi Silalahi (July 13, 1949 – October 25, 2021) was an Indonesian politician and

Indonesian army The Indonesian Army ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD), ) is the land branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It has an estimated strength of 300,000 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its ...

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. He was the Secretary of State of the

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from October 22, 2009 to October 20, 2014. He was also the secretary of

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to by his initials SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party ...

when

Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to by his initials SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party ...

was serving as Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs under the administration of Megawati Soekarnoputri. In 2012, he was part of the State visit of President

to the United Kingdom. He was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the

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. He was born in

Pematangsiantar Pematangsiantar (sometimes written as Pematang Siantar, acronym PS or ''P. Siantar'', colloquially just Siantar), is an independent city in North Sumatra, Indonesia, surrounded by, but not part of, the Simalungun Regency, making Pematangsiantar a ...

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. Silalahi died on October 25, 2021, aged 72, from an illness. He was buried the following day in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta. The senior Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, led the group of mourners which included

(the six president of Indonesia) and his son Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (General Secretary of the

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, Boediono and

Jusuf Kalla Muhammad Jusuf Kalla (; born 15 May 1942) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the 10th and 12th vice president of Indonesia, the only vice president in Indonesian history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (2004� ...

(both former vice-presidents of Indonesia), and a number of ministers who served during the period of the Yudhoyono administration).'Pengayom Itu Berpulang' ather Figure Departs ''Kompas'', 27 October 2021.

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