Asisten Pribadi (
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: Personal assistants), better known by the
acronym
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Aspri, were a team of advisors to Indonesian President
Suharto
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from 1968 until 1974. The group was disbanded in the wake of the
Malari incident in January 1974, though all members of the group would remain active as advisors to Suharto, including General
Ali Murtopo who was appointed Minister of Information in the
Third Development Cabinet
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in 1978.
History
Aspri was the successor team to the previous group of personal staff (''Staf Pribadi'', or Spri) that Suharto had appointed a few years before. The small group of Spri had been formed by Suharto in August 1966 after he had received the
Supersemar letter of authority from Sukarno. He appointed the Spri to help him establish the
New Order regime in Indonesia. The original team of Spri included six army officers and twelve civilians. In 1968, after Suharto had been appointed President in his own right, he disbanded the Spri and formed Aspri instead, limiting its membership to a small group of army officers. Although their position did not entail formal power, some members of Aspri, notably
Ali Murtopo and
Sujono Humardhani
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Soedjono originated from Surakarta and after an early career in his father's trading business he joined the fledgling Indonesian National Armed ...
, became influential figures in their own right.
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However over time the Aspri group of advisers became unpopular because the group was seen to be exercising too much influence. Critics of the regime took the opportunity to press for the group to be disbanded in the last months of 1973 and January 1974.
Members
The members of Aspri were:Sujono Humardhani
Major General Soedjono Hoemardani (7 September 191812 March 1986) was an Indonesian military officer.
Soedjono originated from Surakarta and after an early career in his father's trading business he joined the fledgling Indonesian National Armed ...
*Aspri for Finance: Lt. Gen. Suryo
*Aspri for Presidential Security: Maj. Gen. Tjokropranolo
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See also
* Military of Indonesia
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Notes
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