President Soeharto Succeeded by Ong Eng Die Alma mater University of Paris Preceded by Jusuf Wibisono Spouse Dora Sigar | President Soekarno Role Economist Preceded by Suhadi Reksowardojo Name Sumitro Djojohadikusumo | |
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Succeeded by Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie Died March 9, 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia Children Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, Maryani Djojohadikusumo, Bianti Djiwandono Parents Margono Djojohadikusumo, Siti Katoemi Wirodihardjo Similar People Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo, Margono Djojohadikusumo, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, Dora Sigar, Siti Hediati Hariyadi | ||
Nasionalisme sosialisme dan pragmatisme pemikiran ekonomi politik sumitro djojohadikusumo part 1
Prof. Dr. Raden Mas Sumitro Djojohadikusumo (sometimes spelt Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo) (born in Karanganyar, Kebumen, Central Java on May 29, 1917 and died in Jakarta on March 9, 2001) was one of Indonesia's most prominent economists. During his lifetime Sumitro held several prominent roles including the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia.
Contents
- Nasionalisme sosialisme dan pragmatisme pemikiran ekonomi politik sumitro djojohadikusumo part 1
- Nasionalisme sosialisme dan pragmatisme pemikiran ekonomi politik sumitro djojohadikusumo part 2
- Early life
- Government and political career
- Contributions to Indonesian higher education
- Death
- Bibliographies
- References
Sumitro's children include Prabowo Subianto and the Indonesian entrepreneur Hashim Djojohadikusumo. Bianti Djiwandono, his daughter, is married to the former Governor of Bank Indonesia, Soedradjad Djiwandono. His son Prabowo was briefly married to Titiek Hediati, the daughter of former Indonesian president Suharto.
Nasionalisme sosialisme dan pragmatisme pemikiran ekonomi politik sumitro djojohadikusumo part 2
Early life
Sumitro was born in Kebumen, Central Java, on May 29, 1917, the eldest son in an aristocratic Javanese family. Soemitro was the son of Margono Djojohadikusumo, the founder of Bank Negara Indonesia and the first chief of DPAS and member of the Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence (Badan Penyelidik Usaha Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia, or BPUPKI). He spent his childhood in Java before moving to Europe, where he received his academic training, first at the prestigious Sorbonne University in Paris and later at Economische Hogeschool (the College of Economics) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
He first won recognition as an economist at the age of 29, serving as an adviser to the Dutch delegation attending the United Nations Security Council meeting in London in 1946.
He married his wife, Dora Sigar who was born in North Sulawesi, in 1947.
Government and political career
In March 1946 Sumitro returned to the newly independent Indonesia. He served in a series of successive governments, starting as an assistant to prime minister Sutan Sjahrir. In 1948 he was the deputy chief delegate representing Indonesia at the UN Security Council meeting at Lake Success.
Following Indonesia's international recognition in December 1949, Sumitro became chargé d'affaires at the Indonesian Embassy in Washington, before becoming one of five experts assisting the UN secretary-general.
Sumitro went on to serve as the a Cabinet Minister for both Sukarno and Soeharto.
During the late 1950s Sumitro became involved in the PRRI/Permesta Affair during which disgruntled leaders in several provinces in Sumatra and Sulawesi declared independence from the central government in Jakarta. The movement was quickly crushed and Sumitro fled abroad.
A brief summary of Sumitro's career is as follows:
Contributions to Indonesian higher education
Sumitro played a prominent role in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia (FEUI). Following Independence, Sumitro was the only Indonesian with a doctorate in economics. Sumitro invited foreign lecturers from the Netherlands and lecturers from other faculties to assist in educating the students in the FEUI. As tensions grew and Dutch professors were pushed out of their roles in the university, Sumitro recognized the need for more Indonesian economists. Sumitro asked the Ford Foundation to help support teaching in the Economics Faculty by sending a group of promising Indonesian students to the University of California, Berkeley to study economics. This group of students, who later sometimes became known as the Berkeley Mafia, returned to Indonesia to serve in several high profile government positions and are credited as the architects of the modern Indonesian economy. The group included Widjojo Nitisastro, Mohammad Sadli, Emil Salim, Subroto, and Ali Wardhana.
Despite his socialist views, Sumitro was asked to be one of the founders of the Indonesian Islamic University (Universitas Islam Indonesia, UII) in Yogyakarta. Without buildings, Sumitro and his colleagues taught their classes in a mosque.
Death
Sumitro died on March 9, 2001 because of heart failure.