16 Facts About Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo was an Indonesian politician, scholar, and engineer.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo served as minister of Public Works, Transportation and Economic Affairs during the first cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo was born in Madiun, today in East Java, on 2 August 1908, as the sixth of seven children.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo's family was Javanese nobility, of patih rank.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo's mother died in 1916, and he was raised by a stepmother.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo demonstrated an aptitude for machines during his studies at the AMS, and his teacher recommended that he become an engineer.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo took a job as a teaching assistant at THS.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo moved to Kediri in 1939, still working as a civil engineer for the local government.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo was appointed into the advisory body Chuo Sangi-In, representing the Kediri region, and later into the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo created and ran a "weapons laboratory" during the Indonesian National Revolution, which focused on sabotage of bridges in particular.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo was reassigned as Minister of Communication following a cabinet reshuffle on 12 October 1953, and then resigned as part of PIR's temporary departure from the coalition on 23 October 1954.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo later rejoined the cabinet as Minister of Economic Affairs on 8 November 1954.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo chaired the Economic Committee of the Bandung Conference in 1955.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo went to France in 1955 to study prestressed concrete, which strongly inspired him.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo planned a number of the most notable buildings in Jakarta, including Hotel Indonesia, the Istiqlal Mosque, and the National Monument.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo remained as an engineering consultant, with his own firm in Jakarta, and perhaps Indonesia's best-respected civil engineer until near his death.