Ipik Gandamana
Ipik Gandamana | |
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Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 10 July 1959 – 27 August 1964 | |
President | Sukarno |
Preceded by | Sanusi Hardjadinata |
Succeeded by | Soemarno Sosroatmodjo |
Minister of Rural Development | |
In office 27 August 1964 – 21 February 1966 | |
President | Sukarno |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Aminuddin Azis (as Deputy Minister) |
Governor of West Java | |
In office 1 July 1957 – 1959 | |
Preceded by | Sanusi Hardjadinata |
Succeeded by | Mashudi |
Personal details | |
Born | Purwakarta, Dutch East Indies | 30 November 1906
Died | 1979 (aged 72) Bandung, Indonesia |
Nationality | Indonesian |
Ipik Gandamana (30 November 1906 – 1979) was an Indonesian politician and civil servant who served as the
Early life and career
Gandamana was born in Purwakarta on 30 November 1906. He was educated at the colonial elementary school (Europeesche Lagere School), and studied for one year at a regular colonial middle school (Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs) before moving to a civil servant preparatory school (Opleiding School Voor Inlandsche Ambtenaren ) instead. He had been active within Jong Java. By 1926, he had been accepted as a colonial civil servant, beginning his career as an aide posted in Bogor. Prior to the Japanese invasion, he was reassigned several times to different colonial offices throughout West Java and Jakarta. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, he was appointed to become the camat (district head) of Cibeureum, Tasikmalaya .[1]
Government career
Following the
On 1 July 1957, he was appointed to become the Governor of West Java.[1] He encouraged elected local officials favorably over central government bureaucrats. Gandamana viewed the bureaucrats' role as training the less experienced local officials.[3] During his tenure as governor, he also headed a committee which established Padjadjaran University.[4]
Gandamana was appointed as the Minister of Home Affairs within Sukarno's First Working Cabinet on 10 July 1959. As the cabinet was explicitly created to be a non-party cabinet, Gandamana joined several other appointed ministers in resigning from his political party, the League of Supporters of Indonesian Independence.[1][5] He remained in this post until 27 August 1964, when he was reassigned to become Minister of Rural Development.[6] After Gandamana's tenure as Home Affairs Minister, no other civilian would serve in the post until 2009 when Gamawan Fauzi was appointed to the office.[7]
Later career
Following the
He died in Bandung in 1979, and was buried at the Cikutra Heroes' Cemetery in the city.[10] He had a wife and four children.[1] A street in Purwakarta is named after him.[11]
References
- ^ Ministry of Information. 1959. pp. 353–354.
- ^ "Tanggung jawab Publik Residen Ipik". Historia (in Indonesian). 13 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ Walker, Millidge Penderell (1967). Administration and Local Government in Indonesia. University of California, Berkeley. p. 336.
- ISBN 978-979-97745-2-1.
- ISBN 978-602-8397-40-7.
- ^ "INDONESIAN CABINET REVISED BY SUKARNO". The New York Times. 28 August 1964. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Gamawan Tandai Kembalinya Mendagri ke Sipil". VIVA.co.id (in Indonesian). 22 October 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-979-3780-50-4.
- ^ Ghazali, Zulfikar (1986); "DPA dalam Sejarah Konstitusi Republik" (in Indonesian). Archived 30 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan 16 (5)
- ^ Achmar, Uyung (18 January 2018). "Pusara di Cikutra" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Winanto, Ade (5 November 2021). "Pahlawan Kelahiran Purwakarta Ini Pernah Jadi Menteri Dalam Negeri Era Presiden Soekarno, Siapa Dia?". Pojoksatu.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 January 2023.