11 Facts About Miriam Budiardjo

Miriam Budiardjo was an Indonesian political scientist and diplomat.

Miriam Budiardjo was the first woman to serve as a diplomat for Indonesia, which she represented in several countries including India and the United States.

Miriam Budiardjo was born on November 20,1923, in the city of Kediri in East Java.

Miriam Budiardjo had a sister, Siti Wahyuni, who would later marry Sutan Sjahrir.

Miriam Budiardjo then became a diplomat, which made her the first woman to be a diplomat for Indonesia, serving in posts that included New Delhi and Washington DC throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Miriam Budiardjo then earned a doctorate from the University of Indonesia, where she then joined the faculty.

Miriam Budiardjo wrote a book on participation and political parties that was printed in 1998, and one in 1956 regarding the provisional parliament of Indonesia.

From 1974 to 1979, Miriam Budiardjo was the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Indonesia, an academic unit that she had co-founded together with a small group of other social scientists.

From 1993 to 1998, Miriam Budiardjo worked as Deputy Chair of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights.

In 1975, Miriam Budiardjo was awarded the Bintang Jasa Star of Service for her service to the Republic of Indonesia during the struggle for independence.

Miriam Budiardjo died at Medistra Hospital in Jakarta, on 8 January 2007, due to respiration and kidney failure at the age of 83.