Gie is a 2005 Indonesian biopic film directed by Riri Riza. The film tells the story of Soe Hok Gie,a graduate from University of Indonesia who is known as an activist and nature lover. The film is based on a diary Catatan Seorang Demonstran written by Soe himself. The plot of this film is an interpretation of the filmmakers,and scenes portraying Soe's private life may be partly fictionalised for dramatisation.
Soe Hok Gie was a Chinese Indonesian activist who opposed the successive dictatorships of Presidents Sukarno and Suharto.
Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi,known as Sam Ratulangi,was a Minahasan teacher,journalist,politician,and national hero from North Sulawesi,Indonesia. He was part of the committee that ratified the Constitution of Indonesia and served as the first Governor of Sulawesi.
Sjahrir was a prominent Indonesian political economist. He was officially appointed by President of the Republic of Indonesia,Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as Economic Adviser in the Council of Presidential Advisers on 11 April 2007. As a student activist,he was once sentenced to jail during the Malari demonstration in 1974.
The New Indonesia National Sovereignty Party is a political party in Indonesia. It was established as the New Indonesia Alliance Party by the economist Dr. Sjahrir and was initially made up of university students,middle-class people and the leaders of several political parties. In a speech on 23 September 2002,Sjahrir said he wanted to establish the party because he was frustrated and angry with the political situation dominated by corruption and the craving for power.
Sitor Situmorang was an Indonesian poet,essayist and writer of short stories. Situmorang was born in Harianboho,North Sumatra,and educated in Jakarta. He worked as a journalist and literary critic in Medan,Yogyakarta and Jakarta for a variety of newspapers and periodicals.
Museum Taman Prasasti is a museum located in Jakarta,Indonesia. The museum was formerly a cemetery,built by the Dutch colonial government in 1795 as a final resting place for noble Dutchmen. Several important person that was buried in the cemetery area are Olivia Mariamne Raffles –the first wife of British governor general Thomas Stamford Raffles - and Indonesian youth activist Soe Hok Gie.
Endang Turmudi is a sociologist and Research Professor from Indonesia. He is a senior researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Jakarta and was head for its Society and Culture Research Center (PPKK). Turmudi was inaugurated as LIPI's 114th research professor in December 2014,with research specialization in sociology.
Hans Bague Jassin,better known as HB Jassin,was an Indonesian literary critic,documentarian,and professor. Born in Gorontalo to a bibliophilic petroleum company employee,Jassin began reading while still in elementary school,later writing published reviews before finishing high school. After a while working in the Gorontalo regent's office,he moved to Jakarta where he worked at the state publisher Balai Pustaka. After leaving the publisher,he attended the University of Indonesia and later Yale. Returning to Indonesia to be a teacher,he also headed Sastra magazine. Horison,a literary magazine,was started in July 1966 by Jassin and Mochtar Lubis as a successor to Sastra,and was edited by Taufiq Ismail,Ds. Muljanto,Zaini,Su Hok Djin,and Goenawan Mohamad. In 1971,Jassin was given a one-year prison sentence and a two-year probation period because as the editor of Sastra,he refused to reveal the identity of an anonymous writer who wrote a story which was considered by the court to be blasphemous.
Toeti Heraty was an Indonesian poet. She has been singled out as the "only woman amongst the leading contemporary Indonesian poets".
Soe is the administrative capital of the South Central Timor Regency,in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Soe is located on Timor Island.
Zakiah Daradjat was an Indonesian Islamic psychologist,educator,and professor of psychology at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta.
Bacan Malay or Bacan is a Malayic language spoken on the island of Bacan in North Maluku province,Indonesia,by the minor Bacan ethnic group. It is an anomalous presence in the region,being surrounded by genetically distant Austronesian languages and languages of the unrelated North Halmahera family. Bacan is geographically removed from the Malay heartlands in the western archipelago.
Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is an Indonesian politician,businessman,and retired four-star Army general who has been serving as Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment since October 2019. He previously served in various posts in his political career,including the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs from July 2016 to October 2019,Coordinating Minister for Political,Legal,and Security Affairs from August 2015 to July 2016,and Chief of Staff to President Joko Widodo. He was also Minister of Trade and Industry in President Abdurrahman Wahid's cabinet and Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore from 1999 to 2000.
Lobu Tua Inscription,also called Barus Inscription,is an inscription written in Tamil language which was discovered in 1873 in the village of Lobu Tua,Andam Dewi district of Central Tapanuli Regency,in North Sumatra Province,Indonesia. This inscription is dated 1010 Saka,or 1088 AD. This inscription was reported in the Madras Epigraphy Report of 1891-1892 by E. Hultzsch,an English epigraphist in India.
Pandu Patria Sjahrir is one of Indonesia's leading coal mining entrepreneurs. He is the director of Toba Bara Sejahtera,a company engaged in coal mining industry. In the general chairman election of APBI-ICMA,Pandu was elected as general chairman for the period 2018–2021.
Panji Surachman Tjokroadisurjo was an Indonesian politician and academic. He served in a number of cabinets during the Indonesian National Revolution,as the Minister of Welfare and later the Minister of Finance.
Rudy David Badil was an Indonesian journalist who co-founded the comedy group Warkop with Nanu Moeljono,Kasino Hadiwibowo (Kasino),Wahjoe Sardono (Dono),and Indrodjojo Kusumonegoro (Indro). Before being known as Warkop DKI,this group was called Warkop Prambors,which broadcast humorous entertainment programs through Radio Prambors.
