Adnan Kapau Gani
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Drs. Adnan Kapau Gani |
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Gani c. 1946
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| Minister of Welfare of Indonesia | |
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In office 2 October 1946 – 29 January 1948 |
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| President | Sukarno |
| Preceded by | Darmawan Mangunkusumo |
| Succeeded by | Sjafruddin Prawiranegara |
| Vice Prime Minister of Indonesia | |
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In office 3 July 1947 – 29 January 1948 |
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| President | Sukarno |
| Prime Minister | Amir Sjarifuddin |
| Personal details | |
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16 September 1905 Palembajan, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 23 December 1968 (aged 63) |
| Citizenship | Indonesian |
Adnan Kapau Gani (16 September 1905 – 23 December 1968), often abbreviated as A. K. Gani, was an Indonesian politician. Born in West Sumatra, he spent much of his youth in Java, where he studied medicine and became involved with the nascent nationalist movement before going to South Sumatra to work as a doctor. During the Indonesian National Revolution he served three terms as Minister of Welfare; two of these were concurrent with terms as a deputy prime minister. Afterwards Gani went to Palembang, South Sumatra, where he remained active in politics until his death. In November 2007 Gani was made a National Hero of Indonesia.
Gani was born in Palembajan, West Sumatra, west of Bukittinggi, on 16 September 1905. The son of a teacher, he finished his early studies in Bukittinggi in 1923 before going to Batavia (modern day Jakarta), first for his secondary studies and then to study medicine. He graduated from STOVIA (Dutch: School tot Opleiding van Indische Artsen), a school for prospective doctors, in 1926.
From his teens Gani was active in politics and social organisations. He was a member of several groups for native youth, including Jong Java and Jong Sumatera. By the late 1920s he had several enterprises running, including a boarding house and book reseller. This revenue enabled him to donate funds to the Youth Congress of 1928, where the Youth Pledge was first read and "Indonesia Raya" (the national anthem of Indonesia) was first played; Gani also attended this conference. In 1931 he joined Partindo, which had split off from the Indonesian National Party (Partai Nasional Indonesia, or PNI) shortly after Sukarno's arrest by the colonial government. Gani became acquainted with Sukarno after the latter's release from prison the following year and joined the Indonesian Political Federation with him.
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