Satrio served as Minister of Health during the Guided Democracy period, between 1959 and 1966, and as General Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross between 1970 and 1982.
16 Facts About Satrio
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Satrio was born on 28 May 1916 in the village of Singojuruh within Banyuwangi Regency, today in East Java.
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Satrio was the eldest of eight children, with his father working as a teacher.
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Satrio completed his HIS elementary school there, before moving to Surabaya for his MULO middle school, then to Malang for AMS.
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Satrio continued his studies in Batavia, where he took a medical course at the Geneeskundige Hoogeschool te Batavia from which he graduated in 1942.
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Once the Dutch took control of Jakarta, Satrio moved to Karawang, transporting supplies and equipment from Jakarta to the Karawang Hospital.
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Satrio was later appointed deputy chief of Indonesian Army's health service.
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Satrio was appointed as Junior Minister of Health in the First Working Cabinet on 10 July 1959.
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Satrio established programs to rehabilitate leprosy patients, and attempted to expand a WHO-backed malaria eradication program, which faced significant bureaucratic obstacles and thus budgetary cuts.
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Satrio visited Western New Guinea in 1963, shortly after the territory's takeover by Indonesia.
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Satrio served in this position between 11 December 1968 to 1 July 1970.
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Satrio served in the People's Consultative Assembly between 1968 and 1973.
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Satrio was elected as General Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross on 28 March 1970.
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Satrio's tenure included activities in then newly annexed East Timor, and humanitarian missions for Vietnamese boat people at Galang Island.
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Satrio served as chairman until 17 September 1982, when he declined another nomination citing his health.
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Satrio died on 5 May 1986 in Bandung, West Java, while giving a speech to officer cadets of the armed forces.