Sarino Mangunpranoto was an Indonesian politician, teacher, and educator, who served as the 11th Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia, from 1956 until 1957.
12 Facts About Sarino Mangunpranoto
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Sarino Mangunpranoto was born on 15 January 1910, in Begelen, Purworejo, Central Java, Dutch East Indies.
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Sarino Mangunpranoto completed his primary education at the Hollandsch-Inlandsche School in Purworejo and in Kebumen, before joining the Taman Siswa in Yogyakarta, where he would become a teacher in the Pemalang branch of the school for thirteen years, from 1929 until the Japanese occupation in 1942, mostly as head teacher.
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Sarino Mangunpranoto became involved in the Struggle for independence, when he joined Partindo, and ran political courses for the movement in Slawi, where Taman Siswa's regional headquarters were located.
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Sarino Mangunpranoto was and active as a member of the Indonesian National Party, founding a branch in Pati and being elected to its central leadership in 1948.
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Sarino Mangunpranoto was appointed as Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia in the Second Ali Sastroamidjojo Cabinet, and held his position from 24 March 1956 until the cabinet's dissolution on 14 March 1957.
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Sarino Mangunpranoto was member of the Constitutional Assembly of Indonesia from 9 November 1956 until 5 July 1959.
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Sarino Mangunpranoto died on 17 January 1983, when he was delivering a speech in Jakarta.
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Sarino Mangunpranoto was buried at the Wijaya Brata Cemetery, a cemetery reserved for people associated with the Taman Siswa organization.
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Sarino Mangunpranoto often quoted the phrase "tut wuri handayani".
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Some of those who knew Sarino Mangunpranoto felt that he epitomized the high Javanese ideal of "sepi ing pamrih, rame ing gawe".
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Sarino Mangunpranoto wrote on the educative value of children's games for the Taman Siswa journal Madjalah Pusara.