The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR),the national legislature of Indonesia. It is considered the lower house,while the Regional Representative Council (DPD) serves as the upper house;while the Indonesian constitution does not explicitly mention the divide,the DPR enjoys more power,privilege,and prestige compared to the DPD.
Pikiran Rakyat is a daily newspaper published in Bandung,West Java,Indonesia. Its circulation covers West Java and Banten Province.
Suharso,(1912–1971) also spelled Soeharso,was an Indonesian medical doctor known for his work with disabled people and in the rehabilitation of people injured during the Indonesian National Revolution. He was declared to be a National Hero of Indonesia in 1973.
Wikana was an Indonesian minister and independence leader. He was one of the youths who forced Sukarno and Hatta to declare independence immediately after the surrender of the Japanese. He was the first Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sport. He was a member of the Indonesian Communist Party. Sometime after the 1965 coup d'état attempt,he was arrested and went missing. It is supposed that he was one of the assassinated in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66.
Union of Islamic Education,also known as PERTI,is a Shafii-Ash'ari Islamic organization in Indonesia. The organization was founded by Sulaiman ar-Rasuli on May 5,1928 in Candung,West Sumatra. In its development,PERTI had become a political party and gained four People's Representative Council (DPR-RI) seats and seven Constituent seats in 1955 general election.
Sartono was an Indonesian politician and lawyer who served as the first speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) from 1950 until his resignation in 1960. He also served as acting president several times in his capacity as speaker following the resignation of Mohammad Hatta. Born into a Javanese family of noble blood,Sartono studied law at Leiden University. During his studies,he joined the Perhimpoenan Indonesia association and became an advocate for Indonesian independence. After graduating,he opened a law practice and helped found the Indonesian National Party (PNI) in 1927. He unsuccessfully defended the party's leaders when they were arrested by the colonial government in 1929.
De Preangerbode was a Dutch language newspaper published in Bandung,Preanger Regencies Residency,Dutch East Indies from 1896 to 1957. After 1923 it was renamed Algemeen Indisch Dagblad de Preangerbode.
Dra. Augustine Magdalena Waworuntu,was an Indonesian politician who became the first post-federal Indonesian mayor of Manado and the first female mayor of Manado.
Hardi was an Indonesian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Djuanda Cabinet between 1957 and 1959 and Ambassador of Indonesia to Vietnam between 1976 and 1979.
Djerman Prawirawinata was a Sundanese politician who served as the last Minister of State of Pasundan and a member of the People's Representative Council.
Hurustiati Subandrio,in Van Ophuijsen Spelling Hoeroestiati Soebandrio,was an Indonesian physician,politician,anthropologist,and social activist. She held several high-profile roles during the Sukarno era,including being head of Public Health education for the Ministry of Health,president of the Indonesian Women's Congress,and vice-chair of the World Health Organization. She was the wife of Subandrio,a close ally of Sukarno who was Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1956–1966) and later a political prisoner (1966–1995).
Raden Soedjono Prawirosoedarso was an Indonesian politician and spiritual teacher. He was a member of the People's Representative Council from 1956-1957.
Raden Wiwoho Purbohadidjojo was an Indonesian nationalist from Temanggung and one of the founders of Jong Islamieten Bond. He served as the minister of information in the Halim Cabinet and the ambassador of Indonesia to Belgium from 1956 to 1959.
Peris Pardede (1918–1982) was an Indonesian politician who was a key figure in the Communist Party of Indonesia during the Sukarno era. He held various roles,including editor of the party magazine Bintang Merah,representative of the party in the Provisional House of Representatives and the House of Representatives throughout the 1950s and early 1960s,and Politburo candidate in 1965. After the party was banned in 1965,he was put on trial and spent his final decades as a political prisoner of the Suharto regime.
Njono or Njono Prawiro was a labor activist and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). Njono was known as the Secretary-General and Chairman of the Central All-Indonesian Workers Organization (SOBSI) and a member of the Politburo of the PKI Central Committee who got involved in the September 30 Movement. Previously,Njono was a member of the Indonesian Labor Party (PBI) and served as its interim chairman.
Jacob Piry was a Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) politician. As a result of the 1955 general election,Jacob became a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR),representing the party until his membership was suspended on 15 November 1965 and only officially dismissed on 1 April 1966. While in parliament,Jacob served as Chairman of Commission B (Finance) from 1961 to 1964. He then became chairman of Commission F until 1965.
Sukatno Hoesni was an Indonesian politician. He was a member of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) from East Java who served as a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from 1956 until 1965. He became the youngest member of the DPR when he was inaugurated in 1956.
Djokosoedjono,sometimes spelled Djoko Sudjono,was an Indonesian trade union leader,communist politician and former political prisoner. He was imprisoned by the Dutch in Boven-Digoel concentration camp from 1938 to 1943,by the Indonesian republic under Sukarno in 1948 and 1951,and by the Suharto regime from 1967 to his death in 1977. He was a parliamentarian in the Indonesian House of Representatives representing the Central All-Indonesian Workers Organization and then the Communist Party of Indonesia for most of the Liberal democracy and Guided democracy periods.
Mass arrests,primarily of communists and leftists,were carried out in Java and Sumatra in August and September 1951. Sometimes called the August Raid,or in Indonesian the Razia Agustus,this was a move by the Indonesian government,led by the Soekiman Cabinet,to prevent a rumoured coup by the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) and its allies. The total number of detainees started with several hundred in early August and ended up as roughly 15,000 across Indonesia by October. Many were released without charge within days or months,but some remained in detention until the Wilopo Cabinet took power in 1952.
Tan Po Goan,sometimes spelled Tan Po Gwan,was a Chinese Indonesian lawyer and Socialist Party of Indonesia politician. He was a Minister without portfolio representing the Chinese community in the Third Sjahrir Cabinet (1946–7),making him possibly the first Chinese Indonesian to be appointed to ministerial rank. As a Socialist Party representative in the Provisional House of Representatives from 1950 to 1956,he was involved in a number of high-profile matters relating to citizenship and civil rights.
