Masjchun Sofwan (7 September 1927 – 3 October 2015) was the governor of

Jambi Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and spans to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is Jambi. The province has a land area of 50,160.05 km2, and a sea area of 3, ...

from 1979 to 1989. After graduating from

Gadjah Mada University Gadjah Mada University ( jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦥ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦓꦗꦃꦩꦢ; id, Universitas Gadjah Mada, abbreviated as UGM) is a Public university, public research university located in Sleman Regency, Sleman, Yogyakarta (special region) ...

, Sofwan served as the mayor of the

Temanggung Regency Temanggung Regency ( id, Kabupaten Temanggung) is a regency in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 870.65 km2 and had a population of 708,546 at the 2010 Census and 790,174 at the 2020 Census. Its capital is the town ...

from 1964 until 1978. He replaced Eddy Sabara as the governor of the province. He died on 3 October 2015 in Jakarta due to complications from a disease.

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1927 births 2015 deaths Governors of Jambi People from Blitar Gadjah Mada University alumni Mayors and regents of places in Central Java Regents of places in Indonesia {{Indonesia-politician-stub