Soeroso
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![]() Official portrait, c. 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st Governor of Central Java | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 18 August 1945 – 13 October 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Wongsonegoro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies | 3 November 1893||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 May 1981 Indonesia | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Parindra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raden Panji Soeroso (EYD: Suroso; 3 November 1893 – 16 May 1981) was an Indonesian politician and labor union activist. He served in various positions throughout his career, including as the first governor of Central Java and a minister in several cabinets. He was also the leader of the Persatuan Vakbond Pegawei Negeri union federation and was active in the Parindra political party during the colonial period. He was also a member of the BPUPK and PPKI committees. He also founded the Civil Servants Cooperative Republic of Indonesia. In 1986, he was made a national hero by presidential decree.[1] He died in Indonesia.
Personal life
One of his sons was Raden Panji Soejono (1926–present), an antiquities expert and senior archaeologist in Indonesia. Soejono is a professor of prehistoric archeology at several universities in Indonesia. Among others: the University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University, and Udayana University. He was head of the National Archaeological Research Center (Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional) from 1974 to 1989.
References
- ^ "DAFTAR NAMA PAHLAWAN NASIONAL REPUBLIK INDONESIA" (in Indonesian). Ministry of Social Affairs of Republic of Indonesia. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
Further reading
- Gonggong, Anhar (1983). R. P. Soeroso: Dokumen-Dokumen Terbatas Tentang Dirinya [R. P. Soeroso: Limited Documents About Himself] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Department of Education and Culture.
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