Soeroso
| Raden Panji Soeroso | |
|---|---|
| 12th Minister of Public Works of the Republic of Indonesia | |
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In office 12 August 1955 – 24 March 1956 | |
| President | Sukarno |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hasan |
| Succeeded by | Pangeran M. Noor |
| 10th Minister of Social of the Republic of Indonesia | |
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In office 30 July 1953 – 12 August 1955 | |
| President | Sukarno |
| Preceded by | Anwar Tjokroaminoto |
| Succeeded by | Sudibjo |
| 4th Minister of Manpower and Transmigration of the Republic of Indonesia | |
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In office 6 September 1950 – 3 April 1951 | |
| President | Sukarno |
| Preceded by | Ma'as |
| Succeeded by | Iskandar Tedjasukmana |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 3, 1893 Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies |
| Died |
May 16, 1981 (aged 87) Indonesia |
Raden Panji Soeroso (alt, Suroso) (born in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies, 3 November 1893 - died in Indonesia, 16 May 1981 at the age of 87 years) was a politician, Sarekat Islam activist, and a National Hero of Indonesia. He served as Governor of Central Java and Minister of Public Works and Manpower under the Greater Indonesian Party. He was also a vice chairman of BPUPKI and a member of PPKI. He was the founder of the Civil Servants Cooperative Republic of Indonesia. Soeroso was born in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies. Soeroso was posthumously honored as Indonesia's National Hero through Presidential Decree on October 23, 1986.[1] He died in Indonesia.
Personal life
One of his sons was Raden Panji Soejono (1926–present), an antiquities expert and senior archaeologist in Indonesia. Soejono is professor of prehistoric archeology at several universities in Indonesia. Among others: University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University and Udayana University. He was head of the National Archaeological Research Center (Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional) during the period of 1974-1989.
References
- ↑ "DAFTAR NAMA PAHLAWAN NASIONAL REPUBLIK INDONESIA" (in Indonesian). Ministry of Social Affair of Republic of Indonesia. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
