Tadjus Sobirin (born 2 February 1940) is an Indonesian former military officer and politician who was the regent of

Tangerang Regency Tangerang Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The current regent is Ahmed Zaki Iskandar. Though commonly misunderstood as being a part of Jakarta, Tangerang is actually outside Jakarta City but ...

between 1983 and 1993.

Biography

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Sobirin was born in

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, on 2 February 1940. He enrolled at the

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Magelang Magelang () is one of six cities in Central Java that are administratively independent of the regencies in which they lie geographically. Each of these cities is governed by a mayor rather than a ''bupati''. Magelang city covers an area of 18. ...

, graduating in 1964 and being assigned to the

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units of the

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. He was sworn in as Tangerang's regent in March 1983. During one occasion in 1984, Sobirin personally beat up a policeman who were restricting entry for his motorcade into an unopened toll road. Due to this incident, there were reports that the Armed Forces considered to revoke his rank, but no such penalties occurred. His policies as regent included the implementation of a waste retribution fee for all households in the regency, and the development of the planned area

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within the regency. At the end of his tenure on 14 March 1993, the municipal council failed to elect the next regent on time, and hence his term was slightly extended. Following the expiry of his term, he was appointed by the armed forces commander as expert staff for economic and financial affairs. Sobirin retired from the armed forces with the rank of brigadier general on November 1993 and was subsequently elected as chairman for Golkar's Jakarta branch. He held the position until 2001 when he resigned. He also served within the

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, and was a delegate to the

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representing Jakarta. Following the

fall of Suharto Suharto resigned as President of Indonesia on 21 May 1998 following the collapse of support for his 32-year long presidency. Vice President B. J. Habibie took over the presidency. Suharto's grip on power weakened following severe economic and ...

, Sobirin called for then-chairman of Golkar

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to step down, saying that Harmoko had betrayed

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by asking for the latter to resign the presidency. Suharto later resign and was replaced by Habibie. Several days after his ascension to power, Habibie gave Tadjus a honorary promotion to the rank of

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alongside with several other Golkar branch chairman. As of 2019, Sobirin remained involved in Golkar's politics.

References

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