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Suwiryo
Suwiryo ( EVO: Soewirjo; 17 February 1903 – 27 August 1967) was an Indonesian politician. He served as the first Mayor of Jakarta following the proclamation of Indonesian independence from 1945 until 1947 and again from 1950 until 1951. Additionally, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia under Prime Minister Soekiman Wirjosandjojo from 1951 until 1952. A member of the Indonesian National Party, he was also the party's sixth chairman, serving from 1956 until his ousting by Ali Sastroamidjojo in 1960. Early life Suwiryo was born in Wonogiri, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), on 17 February 1903. After completing his education, he worked at the central statistical body, became a teacher, worked at an insurance company, and founded a pharmaceutical business. He became a participant in the Indonesian National Party, and upon its dissolution in 1931, was one of the co-founders of the succeeding Indonesia Party. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Ind ...
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Governor Of Jakarta
The Jakarta Special Capital Region is administratively equal to a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia. Instead of a mayor, the executive head of Jakarta is a governor. The governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who, along with the vice governor and 106 members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD), is accountable for the strategic government of the city of Jakarta. Background Governing system of Jakarta has changed throughout its history. On March 5, 1942, Japanese occupied Batavia from the Dutch control and the city was named Jakarta , in accordance with the special status that was assigned to the city). After the collapse of Japan, Indonesian nationalists who declared independence on August 17, 1945, the government of Jakarta City was changed from the Japanese into the Jakarta National Administration in September 1945. After the war, the Dutch name Batavia was internationally recognized until full Indonesian independence was achieved ...
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Ali Sastroamidjojo
Ali Sastroamidjojo ( EYD: Ali Sastroamijoyo; 21 May 1903 – 13 March 1975) was an Indonesian politician and diplomat who served as prime minister of Indonesia from 1953 until 1955 and again from 1956 until 1957. He also served as the Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1957 until 1960, the first Indonesian Ambassador to the United States, the first Indonesian Ambassador to Canada and the first Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico. In addition, he was also appointed chairman of the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, and also was the chairman of the Indonesian National Party (PNI), from 1960 until 1966. Raden Ali Sastroamidjojo was born in Grabag, Central Java, in what was then the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), to an aristocratic family of the Magelang Regency belonging to the Indonesian elite. In his youth, he was active in a number of youth organizations, including the Jong Java and the Perhimpoenan Indonesia associations. Because of his act ...
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Hilman Djajadiningrat
Hilman Djajadiningrat (EYD: Hilman Jayadiningrat, 28 February 1896 – 25 November 1963) was an Indonesian aristocrat and politician. Born in Serang Regency, Hilman entered bureaucracy after finished studying in the Hogere Burgerschool. He began to work as a clerk in the Residential Office of Jakarta, and later became the ''wedana'' for several ''kawedanan'' (subdistrict) in West Java. After Indonesia's independence, he sided with the pro-Dutch faction against the pro-Indonesian faction and ran as the candidate for the Wali Negara of Pasundan before losing to Wiranatakusumah V. He was later appointed as the Governor of the Federal Region of Batavia following the formation of the region. Early life and education Hilman was born in Serang Regency, Banten, then part of the Dutch East Indies, on 28 February 1896. He was part of the Djajadiningrat family, a notable noble family in Serang Regency. He was the son of Raden Bagus Djajawinata and Ratu Salehah. He studied at the '' Europe ...
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Soekiman Wirjosandjojo
Soekiman Wirjosandjojo ( EYD: Sukiman Wiryosanjoyo; 19June 1898 – 23July 1974) was an Indonesian politician and physician who served as prime minister of Indonesia from 1951 until 1952. A member of the Masyumi Party, he also served as the party's first chairman. Born into a merchant family in Surakarta, Soekiman was educated as a physician at Batavia's STOVIA medical school and at Amsterdam University. Having served as chairman of the '' Perhimpoenan Indonesia'' association while in the Netherlands, he returned to Java and began participating in politics while working as a doctor. He was active within the Islamic political organization Sarekat Islam, although he was expelled in 1933 due to a dispute and founded his own Islamic political party. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, he was active within the Pusat Tenaga Rakyat propaganda organization, and in 1945 was appointed a member of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence. ...
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Prawoto Mangkusasmito
Prawoto Mangkusasmito (4 January 1910 – 24 July 1970) was an Indonesian politician who served as the final chairman of the Masyumi political party prior to its dissolution in 1960. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia during the Wilopo Cabinet between 1952 and 1953. He originated from a ''santri'' family from Central Java and studied law in Batavia, although the Japanese occupation began before he completed his studies. Joining Masyumi after Indonesian independence, he became a prominent member of parliament and along with Wilopo of the Indonesian National Party formed the Wilopo Cabinet. Due to other Masyumi leaders' involvement in the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia, Prawoto took over its leadership in 1959, unsuccessfully attempting to recover the party's political position prior to its dissolution in 1960. Continuing to criticize Sukarno's Guided Democracy, he was arrested in 1962. Following his release in 1966, his attempts to ree ...
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Sjamsuridjal
Raden Sjamsuridjal (11 October 1903 - 29 December 1964), sometimes written Syamsurizal, was an Indonesian politician who served as the Mayor of Jakarta between 1951 and 1953. Before becoming Jakarta's mayor, he had been mayor of Bandung and Solo. Early career During his time as a student, Sjamsuridjal was active in the student organization Jong Java, and was its general chairman during its 1924 annual congress. In said congress, Sjamsuridjal put forth a proposal for Islamic teachings for willing organization members, which was shot down following a heated debate and a vote. Due to this, Sjamsuridjal went to Agus Salim and established the Jong Islamieten Bond. Mayoralty Bandung and Surakarta Before becoming Mayor of Jakarta, Sjamsuridjal served as the Mayor of Bandung in 1945. Similarly to the career of president Joko Widodo, he also served as the Mayor of Solo ( Surakarta) from 1946 to 1949. Mayor of Jakarta On 27 June 1951, he was appointed to replace Suwiryo as Ma ...
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Kalibata Heroes Cemetery
The National Main Heroes Cemetery in Kalibata ( id, Taman Makam Pahlawan Nasional Utama, Kalibata, colloquially known as Kalibata Heroes Cemetery ( id, Taman Makam Pahlawan Kalibata, or ''TMP Kalibata'') is a military cemetery in Kalibata, South Jakarta, Indonesia. It was built in 1953 and opened on 10 November 1954. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was the first Indonesian President to be buried on the cemetery following his death on 11 September 2019. Former Indonesian foreign minister Agus Salim, who died 6 days before the cemetery was opened, was the first senior politician buried in the cemetery. There were also 121 bodies moved from Heroes Cemetery in Ancol. More than 7,000 military casualties and veterans from Indonesian War of Independence are buried there. This includes many veterans of the Imperial Japanese Army who stayed in the Dutch colony after World War II of their own free will and fought for Indonesian independence. Burial criteria Act No. 20 of 2009, which regulat ...
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Sidik Djojosukarto
Sidik Djojosukarto ( EVO: Sidik Djojosoekarto; 7 June 1908 – 8 September 1955) was an Indonesian journalist and politician of the Indonesian National Party (PNI), who served as the party's fifth chairman from his election in 1950 until his death in 1955. As PNI chairman, he was revered by all party factions, and was the closest to being an "authentic party hero". Sidik was born to a small merchant family in Blitar, East Java. Graduating from the ''Ovts Handelsleergang'' trade school in 1930, he began work as a teacher in Surabaya. Later, he became a journalist and was later editor-in-chief of the Indonesian newspaper ''Berdjoeang''. In addition to his work as a journalist, Sidik was involved in several pro-independence organizations, becoming a member of the Partindo and Gerindo political parties during the 1930's. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Sidik became the local head of the '' Putera'' and '' Jawa Hokokai'' organizations in Kediri. Following the ...
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Indonesian National Party
The Indonesian National Party ( id, Partai Nasional Indonesia, PNI) was the name used by several nationalist political parties in Indonesia from 1927 until the 2000s. The first PNI was established by future President Sukarno. After independence, the new PNI supplied a number of prime ministers, and participated in the majority of cabinets in the 1950s and 1960s. The party was fused into the Indonesian Democratic Party in 1973. In the years following the reforms of the late 1990s, a number of parties claiming to be the continuation of previous PNIs stood in elections, but gained only a handful of seats. Pre-independence In November 1925, Sukarno, then a young engineer studying at the Bandung Technical College, founded the ''Algemeene Studie Club'', a study club inspired by a similar organization founded by Soetomo in Surabaya. The study club was later reformed on 4 July 1927 into a movement called the Indonesian National Association. In May 1928, the name was changed to the Indonesia ...
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Deputy Prime Minister Of Indonesia
The Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia was a title given to a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of between 1947 and 1966. The deputy prime minister served as acting prime minister in the absence of the Prime Minister of Indonesia. This position was abolished in 1966. List of Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia Indonesian national revolution era United States of Indonesia era Parliament democracy era Guided democracy era Deputy First Minister (1960–63) Deputy Prime Minister (1963–66) See also *Deputy prime minister *President of Indonesia **List of presidents of Indonesia *Vice President of Indonesia ** List of vice presidents of Indonesia * Prime Minister of Indonesia *Elections in Indonesia *Politics of Indonesia The politics of Indonesia take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic whereby the President of Indonesia is both head of state and head of government and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exerci ... Re ...
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Hamengkubuwono IX
Hamengkubuwono IX or HB IX (12 April 1912 – 2 October 1988) was an Indonesian statesman and royal who was the second vice president of Indonesia, the ninth sultan of Yogyakarta, and the first governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta. Hamengkubuwono IX was also the Chairman of the first National Scout Movement Quarter and was known as the Father of the Indonesian Scouts. Early life and education Early life Born as Gusti Raden Mas Dorodjatun, in Sompilan, Ngasem, Yogyakarta, Hamengkubuwono IX was the ninth son of Prince Gusti Pangeran Puruboyo —later titled Hamengkubuwana VIII— with his consort, Raden Ajeng Kustilah. When he was three years old he was named Crown Prince to the Yogyakarta Sultanate after his father ascended to the throne. When he was four, he was sent away to live with the Mulder family, a Dutch family which lived in the Gondokusuman area. While living with the Mulder family, Hamengkubuwono IX was called by the name Henkie which was taken from the nam ...
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Hōkōkai
The ''Hōkōkai'' ( ja, 奉公会, Hōkōkai, Service Society, id, Himpunan Kebaktian Rakjat) were associations formed by the Empire of Japan on 8 January 1944 to replace the '' Pusat Tenaga Rakyat'' (''Putera''; "People's Power Center") during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) in World War II. The original incarnation of the ''Hōkōkai'' was formed on Java by the commander of the Sixteenth Army, General Kumakichi Harada, after the Japanese realized that the ''Putera'' had exacerbated the desire for Indonesian independence rather than promote Japan's local interests in its war against the Allies. Unlike ''Putera'', the ''Hōkōkai'' avoided inclusion of Japanese officials in its membership. Instead, members were community leaders from across social classes, both native Indonesians and other ethnic groups such as the Chinese, Indians, and Arabs. On Java The ''Jawa Hōkōkai'' (ジャワ奉公会, "Javanese Service Society") was an official ...
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