Maladi
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Raden Maladi |
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Maladi, 1960
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| 13th Minister of Information of Indonesia | |
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In office 10 July 1959 – 6 March 1962 |
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| President | Sukarno |
| Preceded by | Sudibjo |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Yamin |
| Minister of Sports of Indonesia | |
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In office 6 March 1962 – 27 March 1966 |
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| President | Sukarno |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 August 1912 Surakarta, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 30 April 2001 (aged 88) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Resting place | Kalibata Heroes Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Indonesian |
| Spouse(s) | Siti Khadijah |
| Children | 9 |
Raden Maladi (31 August 1912 – 30 April 2001) was an Indonesian athlete, songwriter, and politician. Interested in football from a young age, Maladi played in the Indonesian leagues beginning in 1930. In the 1940s he dabbled in songwriting and broadcasting before joining the pemuda troops during the Indonesian National Revolution. After a period heading the Football Association of Indonesia, he was selected as Minister of Information and, later, Minister of Sports.
Maladi was born in Surakarta, Central Java, on 31 August 1912. He was interested in football from a young age, playing as a goalkeeper. In 1930 he started with PSIM Yogyakarta, transferring to Persebaya Surabaya three years later and eventually becoming one of the top players in the league. He also played on the Indonesia national football team, using several pseudonyms. He also enjoyed refereeing games.
By the 1940s Maladi, by then a teacher and already experienced in radio broadcasting, had begun composing works in the kroncong style. During the national revolution Maladi fought in the pemuda, reaching the rank of major before retiring at the end of the revolution in 1949; he was a leader of the four-day general offensive in Surakarta early in the revolution. Towards the end of the war he worked to bring information of the revolution to Indonesian nationals abroad. During this period he also worked as a broadcaster for the radio network RRI (Radio Republik Indonesia in Surakarta.
Beginning in 1951 he served as chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia, overseeing the organisation's change in names and bringing in coach Tony Pogacnik for the national team. Under Pogacnik, the Indonesian football team played the Soviet Union to a draw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He also became involved in the Olympics, supervising Indonesia's first delegation at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, as well as the delegation at the 1956 Olympics. Maladi left the position in 1959, when he moved to Jakarta, but remained an honorary board member.
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