President Soekarno President Soekarno Role Diplomat | Succeeded by Sutan Syahrir Name Achmad Soebardjo Preceded by None Party Masyumi Party | |
Parents Teuku Muhammad Yusuf, Wardinah | ||
PAHLAWAN INDONESIA ACHMAD SIBARDJO. ( SANG KONSEPTOR PROKLAMASI )
Raden Ahmad Soebardjo Djojoadisoerjo (Karawang Regency, West Java, 23 March 1896 – 15 December 1978) was a diplomat, one of Indonesia's founding fathers, and an Indonesian national hero. He was the first Foreign Minister of Indonesia. In 1933, he received the degree Meester in de Rechten from Leiden University, Netherlands.
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- PAHLAWAN INDONESIA ACHMAD SIBARDJO SANG KONSEPTOR PROKLAMASI
- Ims todays history achmad soebardjo lahir
- Early life
- Struggle
- Death
- References
Ims todays history achmad soebardjo lahir
Early life
Ahmad Soebardjo was born in Teluk Jambe, Karawang Regency, West Java, on 23 March 1896. His father's name was Teuku Muhammad Yusuf, an Acehnese patrician from Pidie. His paternal grandfather was an ulama and his father was the chief of police in Teluk Jambe, Karawang. His mother's name was Wardinah. She was of Javanese-Buginese descent, and was daughter from Camat in Telukagung, Cirebon.
Initially, his father gave him the name Teuku Abdul Manaf, but his mother gave him the name Ahmad Subardjo. Djojoadisoerjo was added by himself after he was arrested and imprisoned at Ponorogo Prison because of his involvement with the "July 3, 1946 Incident".
He studied at Hogere Burger School, Jakarta in 1917. He continued to Leiden University, Netherlands and obtained the degree Meester in de Rechten title in the field of law in 1933.
Struggle
As a student, he was active in the fight for Indonesian independence through several organizations such as Jong Java and the Indonesian Students Association in the Netherlands, the Perhimpoenan Indonesia. In February 1927, Soebardjo, Mohammad Hatta, and three other students represented Indonesia at the conferences of the League against Imperialism in Brussels and later in Germany. At the founding congress in Brussels, Soebardjo and the others met Jawaharlal Nehru and others nationalist leaders from Asia and Africa. Soebardjo even spent a couple of months in Berlin and Moscow working for the International Secretariat of the League against Imperialism. Upon return to Indonesia, he became an active member of BPUPKI.
On 19 August 1945, 2 days after the independence day 17 August 1945, Soekarno apppinted Soebardjo as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Presidential Cabinet, For the initial four months of Indonesia's independence, the country established its first cabinet, which included the inauguration of the first Foreign Ministry office. This office was initially set up in the private residence of the minister located on Jalan Cikini Raya, employing a modest team of just 10 staff members. Subardjo assumed the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs again from 1951 to 1952, during Sukiman's Cabinet. In addition, he also became the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesian in Switzerland between the years 1957 and 1961.
Death
Soebardjo died at the age of 82 at Pertamina Hospital, Kebayoran Baru, because of flu complications. He was buried at his vacation home in Cipayung, Bogor. In 2009 the government honoured him as a National Hero.