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Suryatna Subrata

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Suryatna Subrata
Subrata in 1977
Member of Supreme Advisory Council
In office
13 June 1998 – 31 July 2003
PresidentB.J. Habibie
Abdurrahman Wahid
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Vice Governor of West Java
In office
14 September 1987 – 27 October 1992
GovernorYogie Suardi Memet
Preceded byAboeng Koesman
Succeeded byAchmad Sampurna
Personal details
Born1939
Cianjur, Dutch East Indies
Died5 April 2024(2024-04-05) (aged 84–85)
Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia

Suryatna Subrata (1939 – 5 April 2024) was an Indonesian military officer, bureaucrat and politician. He was a member of the Supreme Advisory Council between 1998 and 2003, and had previously become secretary-general of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Vice Governor of West Java.

Early life

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Suryatna Subrata was born in Cianjur, in what is today West Java province, in 1939.[1] After completing high school, he enrolled at the Army Academy, graduating as part of the class of 1961.[2] He would later also study at the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College and at the National Resilience Institute.[1]

Military career

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By 1977, Subrata had been assigned to the Siliwangi Military Region, as an assistant to the unit's chief of staff.[3] In 1978, he was assigned to the Philippines as defense attache, remaining there until 1981.[1] Upon his return to Indonesia, he was appointed chief of staff of a military district within Siliwangi, then as its commander with the rank of colonel in 1982. He remained in this post until 1984.[4] He held the final rank of honorary lieutenant general.[5]

Government career

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Subrata was appointed as the Vice Governor of West Java on 14 September 1987, replacing Aboeng Kosman.[6][7] He held the post until 1992, and his replacement, Achmad Sampurna, was appointed on 27 October 1992.[8] In May 1993, he was appointed as secretary-general of the Department of Home Affairs,[9] serving until April 1998.[10]

He served as a member of the Supreme Advisory Council between 1998 and 2003.[11]

Later life and death

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He died on 5 April 2024 at the Dustira hospital in Cimahi, West Java. He was buried at his family's cemetery in Bandung.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Awang Faroek Ishak di Mata Para Sahabat Edisi 1 Cetakan 1 (in Indonesian). Indomedia. 20 May 2003. p. 153. ISBN 978-979-97336-3-4.
  2. ^ "ALUMNI - 1961". Akademi Militer. Archived from the original on 22 February 2001. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ Album kenangan Kodam VI/Siliwangi, 1946-1977 (in Indonesian). Kodam VI/Siliwangi. 1977.
  4. ^ Album kenangan perjuangan Siliwangi (in Indonesian). Badan Pembina Corps Siliwangi Jakarta Raya. 1991.
  5. ^ a b "Mantan Wagub Jabar Letnan Jenderal TNI (Purn) Suryatna Subrata Wafat". Pikiran Rakyat (in Indonesian). 6 April 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Kol. Sunarso Wagub Kalsel". Mimbar Kekaryaan. No. 201. September 1987. p. 60. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Bandung: Penggantian wagub Jabar hingga sekarang belum ada penggantinya". Kompas. 21 September 1992. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Kolonel Kav. H. Mas Achmad Sampurna Wakil Gubernur Jawa Barat". Mimbar Kekaryaan. No. 262. October 1992. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Pergantian". Tempo (in Indonesian). 22 May 1993. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Sari Berita Sosial-Politik: Depdagri Punya Sekjen dan Dirjen Baru". Kompas (in Indonesian). 29 April 1998. p. 3. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  11. ^ Memorabilia Dewan Pertimbangan Agung RI Masa Jabatan 1998- 2003 dan Berakhirnya Keberadaan Dewan Pertimbangan Agung RI dalam Era Reformasi (PDF) (in Indonesian). Supreme Advisory Council. 2003. p. Xa.