Surachman Tjokroadisurjo
Minister of Finance | |
|---|---|
| In office 8 December 1945 – 2 October 1946 | |
| Prime Minister | Sutan Sjahrir |
| Preceded by | Sunarjo Kolopaking |
| Succeeded by | Sjafruddin Prawiranegara |
| 1st Minister of Welfare | |
| In office 19 August 1945 – 14 November 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Darmawan Mangunkusumo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Panji Surachman Tjokroadisurjo 30 August 1894 academic |
Panji Surachman Tjokroadisurjo (30 August 1894 – 16 November 1952) was an
Minister of Finance
.
Born in
proclamation of independence, he was appointed as Minister for Economic Affairs in the Presidential Cabinet. However, he only served for two months before being appointed Minister of Finance in the First and Second Sjahrir Cabinets. He remained active in government afterwards, and was appointed as the first Rector of the University of Indonesia
. He died in 1952 during a diplomatic mission to the Netherlands.
Early life
regent of Wonosobo. His grandfather, Raden Mas Adipati Aryo Cokroadisuryo, also served as the regent of Wonosobo.[2] He studied at an Europeesche Lagere School before continuing to a Hogere Burgerschool in Batavia.[3][4] In 1915, he went to the Netherlands, where he studied chemical engineering at the Delft Institute of Technology. He graduated in 1920, and became the first Indonesian chemical engineer. Before returning to the East Indies, he briefly undertook an internship in Germany.[5][6]
Early career
After returning from Germany, Surachman was appointed to lead a chemical laboratory in
Putera organization, before his appointment as chief of the economic department in July 1945.[6]
Political career
Shortly after the
cooperatives,[12] and further announced that foreign property in Indonesia would still be respected by the new government.[13] He was replaced by Darmawan Mangunkusumo when the cabinet fell in November 1945. He was reappointed into the new cabinet led by Sutan Sjahrir as Minister of Finance to replace the sick Sunarjo Kolopaking on 8 December 1945.[14][15] He retained this post in the Second Sjahrir Cabinet.[16]
In his capacity as Finance Minister, Surachman was the first issuer of the
government bonds in April 1946. The bond issue was a success, raising 80 percent of the targeted proceeds within 45 days and the full amount in less than a year. However, due to poor documentation, the Indonesian government would later default on these bonds.[18] During this period, Surachman would often personally hold onto the government funds, storing the cash in suitcases inside his home.[19] He was replaced as finance minister by his deputy Sjafruddin Prawiranegara on 2 October 1946 upon the formation of the Third Sjahrir Cabinet.[20] He was still active in government affairs, and after a large-scale Dutch offensive in 1947 seized much Indonesian-held territory, he formed a private company to accommodate the now-unemployed Republican civil servants around Jakarta.[9]
After the transfer of sovereignty in 1949, Surachman was appointed as the first Indonesian President of the University of Indonesia (UI) in 1950. In establishing the governance of the UI, he had to displace an opium processing factory in order to be able to establish his rector's office. He also lectured at the Bandung Institute of Technology.[21] He died on 16 November 1952 in The Hague from hypertension, whilst on a diplomatic mission to negotiate the nationalization of Dutch tin mining companies in Indonesia.[22][23]
Personal life
Surachman married in 1922 while he was working in Bandung. His wife Sunarti was 16 at the time of their marriage, while Surachman was 37. She was the sole daughter of the regent of Grobogan at the time. They had four children, of which three daughters survived to adulthood.[24]
References
Citations
- ^ Ministry of Information 1954, p. 101.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, pp. 7–8.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, p. 10.
- ^ Ministry of Information 1954, pp. 101–102.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, pp. 13–14.
- ^ a b Anderson 1972, p. 450.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, pp. 15–18.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, p. 21.
- ^ a b c Tokoh-tokoh Badan Penyelidik Usaha-Usaha Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia (PDF) (in Indonesian). Ministry of Education and Culture. 1993. pp. 42–46.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, p. 37.
- ^ Thuỷ 2019, p. 84.
- ^ Thuỷ 2019, p. 104.
- ^ Thuỷ 2019, p. 96.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, p. 45.
- ^ Thuỷ 2019, p. 83.
- ^ Anderson 1972, p. 319.
- ^ Suryomenggolo 2013, p. 109.
- ^ "Pinjaman Nasional 1946, Pinjaman Warga untuk Republik". Historia (in Indonesian). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, p. 47.
- ^ Rupiah di tengah rentang sejarah: 45 tahun uang Republik Indonesia, 1946–1991 (in Indonesian). Ministry of Finance. 1991. p. 43.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, p. 53.
- ^ "Death Raden Mas Soerachman Tjokroadisoerjo on November 16, 1952 in 's-Gravenhage (Netherlands)". Open Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, pp. 55–56.
- ^ Suratmin 1982, pp. 15–16.
Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pandji Soerachman Tjokroadisoerjo.
- Ministry of Information. pp. 101–103. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ISBN 9780801406874. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- Suratmin (1982). Kartadarmadja, M. Soenjata; Wayong, P. (eds.). Prof. Ir. Raden Mas Panji Surakhman Cokroadisuryo: hasil karya dan pengabdiannya [Prof. Ir. Raden Mas Panji Surakhman Cokroadisuryo: his work and dedication] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Ministry of Education and Culture. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- Suryomenggolo, Jafar (2013). Organising under the Revolution: Unions and the State in Java, 1945–48. ISBN 978-9971-69-696-2.
- Thuỷ, Phạm Văn (1 January 2019). Beyond Political Skin: Colonial to National Economies in Indonesia and Vietnam (1910s – 1960s). Springer. ISBN 978-981-13-3711-6.