Iwa Kusumasumantri
| Iwa Koesoemasoemantri | |
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| 8th Minister of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia | |
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In office 3 July 1947 – 11 November 1947 |
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| President | Sukarno |
| Preceded by | Hamengkubuwono IX |
| Succeeded by | Burhanuddin Harahap |
| 1st Minister of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia | |
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In office 31 August 1945 – 14 November 1945 |
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| President | Sukarno |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | A.D. Tjokronegoro |
| Personal details | |
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31 May 1899 Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 27 November 1971 (aged 72) Indonesia |
Iwa Koesoemasoemantri (Perfected Spelling: Iwa Kusumasumantri; also Kusuma Sumantri; 31 May 1899 – 27 November 1971) was an Indonesian politician. Born in Ciamis, West Java, Iwa graduated from legal school in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and Netherlands before spending time at a school in the Soviet Union. After returning to Indonesia he established himself as a lawyer, nationalist, and, later, a figure for workers' rights. During the first twenty years of Indonesia's independence Iwa held several cabinet positions. After retiring he continued to write. In 2002 Iwa was declared a National Hero of Indonesia.
Iwa was born in Ciamis, West Java, on 31 May 1899. After completing his primary education in schools run by the Dutch colonial government, he left for Bandung, where he attended the School for Native Government Employees (Opleidingsschool Voor Inlandse Ambtenaren, or OSVIA). Unwilling to adapt the Western culture demanded at the school, he dropped out and moved to Batavia (now Jakarta) to attend the law school; while in the colonial capital he also became involved with Jong Java, an organisation for Javanese youth.
Iwa graduated in 1921 and continued his studies at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. In that country he joined the Indonesian Association(Perhimpoenan Indonesia), a nationalistic group of Indonesian intellectuals. He emphasised that Indonesians should work together, regardless of race, creed, or class, to ensure independence from the Dutch; he preached non-cooperation with colonial forces. In 1925 he moved to the Soviet Union to spend a year and a half studying at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow. In the Soviet Union he was briefly married to a Ukrainian woman named Anna Ivanova; the two had a daughter, Sumira Dingli, together.
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