1. Ali Sastroamidjojo was an Indonesian politician and diplomat.
33 Facts About Ali Sastroamidjojo
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Ali Sastroamidjojo served in various political and diplomatic roles during the presidency of Sukarno, most notably as a cabinet minister, prime minister, chairman of the Indonesian National Party, and permanent representative to the United Nations.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo was briefly arrested by the Dutch in 1927 but was released shortly thereafter.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo would go on to serve as Minister of Education in the Amir Syarifuddin Cabinet and the Hatta Cabinet.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo then served as deputy chairman of the delegation of the Republic of Indonesia in negotiations with the Netherlands and became a member of the delegation of the Republic of Indonesia in the negotiations of the Round Table Conference.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo was a key figure in the negotiations of the Sino-Indonesian Dual Nationality Treaty.
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In July 1960, at the ninth annual congress of the PNI, Ali Sastroamidjojo was elected party chairman.
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In 1967, following the fall of Sukarno, Ali Sastroamidjojo was arrested but later released without having been tried.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo died in Jakarta, on 13 March 1975, he is buried at the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery.
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Raden Ali Sastroamidjojo was born in Grabag, Central Java, Dutch East Indies.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo came from an aristocratic family of the Magelang Regency, belonging to the Indonesian elite.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo, who was a Wedana in Jetis, Temanggung, while his mother was named Kustiah, who was a relative of the Regent of Magelang.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo spent his childhood years in the local town, playing with his friends from peasant families.
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In hoping to find a proper environment for the development of their children, the Ali Sastroamidjojo family moved to the city, where he was sent to receive a European education.
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The Ali Sastroamidjojo family was devoted to advocating the importance of Western education.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo officially began his education when he took Dutch lessons to be accepted in the second class of the Europeesche Lagere School, but he only lasted a year there due to bullying.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo was eventually accepted after some convincing by his father.
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In 1922, Ali Sastroamidjojo completed his education at HBS, and after graduating, he met Titi Roelia who would later become his wife.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo was advised to study again, but only obtained a diploma in Latin and Greek literature, before switching to studying Law.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo graduated with a Meester in de Rechten degree in 1927.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo returned to the Dutch East Indies in 1928, and he opened a lawyer's office.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo published the Djanget magazine in Surakarta, together with fellow future prime minister Soekiman Wirjosandjojo.
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The PNI would eventually become a revolutionary organization, with Ali Sastroamidjojo becoming a member of the Yogyakarta Branch of the PNI.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo would go on to serve as Minister of Education in the Amir Syarifuddin Cabinet and the Hatta Cabinet.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo then served as deputy chairman of the delegation of the Republic of Indonesia in negotiations with the Netherlands and became a member of the delegation of the Republic of Indonesia in the negotiations of the Round Table Conference.
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On 25 August 1953, the new prime minister, Ali Sastroamidjojo, announced a 16-month schedule for elections starting from January 1954.
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In July 1960, at the ninth annual congress of the PNI, Ali Sastroamidjojo was elected party chairman.
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The Indonesian National Party, of which Ali Sastroamidjojo was a part, had failed to confront Indonesia's political problems coherently.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo would be released and never brought to trial.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo would spend the rest of his life in relative peace, using this time to write.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo died in Jakarta, on 13 March 1975, his body is interred at the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo is the uncle of Finance Minister Ali Wardhana.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo has been called 'the greatest statesman' of Indonesia and it was said of him that 'the current statesmen of Indonesia will never be as great as Sastroamidjojo in his role as the prime minister who had great literary talent'.