Arudji Kartawinata

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Arudji Kartawinata
Speaker of the People's
Representative Council
In office
13 January 1963 – 24 February 1966
Preceded byZainul Arifin
Succeeded byI Gusti Gde Subamia
Deputy Minister of Defense
In office
3 July 1947 – 23 January 1948
Prime MinisterAmir Sjarifuddin
Preceded byHarsono Tjokroaminoto
In office
12 March 1946 – 2 October 1946
Prime MinisterSutan Sjahrir
Succeeded byHarsono Tjokroaminoto
Personal details
Born(1905-05-05)5 May 1905
Garut, Dutch East Indies
Died13 July 1970(1970-07-13) (aged 65)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Resting placeKalibata Heroes Cemetery
Political partyIndonesian Islamic Union Party
Military service
Allegiance Empire of Japan
 Indonesia
Branch/servicePETA Indonesian Army
RankCommandant
Unit3rd Division/Siliwangi
Battles/warsIndonesian National Revolution

Arudji Kartawinata (5 May 1905 – 13 July 1970) was an Indonesian politician and military officer. During the

People's Representative Council
for three years between 1963 and 1966.

Early life and career

Kartawinata was born in Garut on 5 May 1905, being of Sundanese descent.[1][2] After completing his studies at a HIS (elementary school level) and a MULO (junior high school level), he became a teacher and later principal of a Sarekat Islam (SI) elementary school in Garut. During his time in Garut, he published the newspaper Balatentara Islam, which covered the activities of the SI. He was also involved in nationalist activities.[1]

Military career

During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Kartawinata enlisted in the Pembela Tanah Air (PETA) military unit, and he became a daidancho (battalion commander) there.[3]

Following the

Siliwangi Division.[1] On 24 November 1945, under pressure from nationalist youths (pemuda) following the outbreak of the Battle of Surabaya, Kartawinata organized an attack against British forces stationed in Bandung - planned to be a general attack, but in practice only limited and scattered fighting took place.[5] He was later replaced as division commander by Abdul Haris Nasution.[6]

Politics

As

People's Representative Council sworn in in March 1956 following the 1955 election.[11]

The division of the Muslim parties in the country resulted in pressure for the parties - Masyumi, PSII,

Indonesian Communist Party, with Kartawinata himself stating that the alliance was "based on reality".[13]

Journalist Rosihan Anwar wrote that in 1961, Kartawinata was awarded a Star of Mahaputera by then-president Sukarno, while the former was suffering from illness. Anwar wrote that Sukarno sent two of his ministers to present the award to Kartawinata in a ceremony, but despite Kartawinata's insistence, his doctor prohibited such ceremonies.[14] In the Dwikora Cabinet, constituted in October 1965, Kartawinata served as Chairman of the "Gotong-Rojong" Parliament (DPRGR) following the death of its previous chair Zainul Arifin on 2 March 1963.[15][16] He held this post between 1963 and February 1966. Afterwards, he served two years as a regular member of parliament until he was appointed to the Dewan Pertimbangan Agung (Supreme Advisory Council) in February 1968, a position he held until his death.[1][17]

Death

Kartawinata died on 13 July 1970 in Jakarta due to encephalitis. He was buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Tokoh Sejarah - Aruji Kartawinata". garut.go.id (in Indonesian). Garut Regency. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. ^ Indonesia 1966, p. 213.
  3. JSTOR 40376486
    . p. 47
  4. ^ Smail 1964, pp. 78–79.
  5. ^ Smail 1964, pp. 99–100.
  6. ^ Smail 1964, pp. 128–147.
  7. ^ Madinier 2015, pp. 84–88.
  8. ^ Madinier 2015, p. 95.
  9. ^ Tim Penyusun Sejarah 1970, p. 98.
  10. ^ Tim Penyusun Sejarah 1970, p. 161.
  11. ^ Tim Penyusun Sejarah 1970, p. 192.
  12. ^ Madinier 2015, p. 141.
  13. ^ Madinier 2015, p. 145.
  14. ISBN 9789794616130
    .
  15. ^ Indonesia 1966, p. 192.
  16. ^ Tim Penyusun Sejarah 1970, pp. 249–250.
  17. ISBN 9789794135228. Archived
    from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

Bibliography

"Continuity and Change: Four Indonesian Cabinets since October 1, 1965, with Scattered Data on Their Members' Organizational and Ethnic Affiliations, Age and Place of Birth" (PDF). Indonesia (2): 185–222. 1966.
JSTOR 3350761
.
Madinier, Remy (2015). Islam and Politics in Indonesia: The Masyumi Party between Democracy and Integralism. NUS Press.
ISBN 9789971698430
.
Smail, John R. W. (1964). Bandung in the Early Revolution, 1945-1946: A Study in the Social History of the Indonesian Revolution. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University.
ISBN 9780598208873
.
Tim Penyusun Sejarah (1970). Seperempat Abad Dewan Perwakilan Rakjat Republik Indonesia [A Quarter Century of the People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia] (PDF) (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Sekretariat DPR-GR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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