SK Trimurti
| Surastri Karma Trimurti | |
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Trimurti, 1947
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| 1st Minister of Labour of the Republic of Indonesia | |
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In office 3 July 1947 – 29 January 1948 |
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| President | Sukarno |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Kusnan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 11, 1912 Dutch East Indies |
| Died | May 20, 2008 (aged 96) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Indonesia |
| Spouse(s) | Sayuti Melik |
| Children | Moesafir Karma Boediman (MK Boediman) Heru Baskoro |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia (done;1960) |
Soerastri Karma Trimurti (11 May 1912 – 20 May 2008), who was known as S. K. Trimuti, was an Indonesian journalist, writer and teacher, who took part in the Indonesian independence movement against colonial rule by the Netherlands. She later served as Indonesia's first labor minister from 1947 until 1948 under Indonesian Prime Minister Amir Sjarifuddin.
S. K. Trimurti was born on 11 May 1912, in Solo, Central Java. She attended to Sekolah Guru Putri (Girl Elementary School).
She became active in the Indonesian independence movement during the 1930s, officially joining the nationalist Partindo (Indonesian Party) in 1933, shortly after completing her schooling at Tweede Indlandsche School.
Trimurti began her career as an elementary school teacher after leaving Tweede Indlandsche School. She taught in elementary schools in Bandung, Surakarta and Banyumas during the 1930s. However, she was arrested by Dutch authorities in 1936 for distributing anti-colonial leaflets. Trimuti was imprisoned for nine months at the Bulu Prison in Semarang.
Trimurti switched careers from teaching to journalism following her release from prison. She soon became well known in journalistic and anti-colonial circles as a critical journalist. Trimurti often used different, shortened pseudonyms of her real name, such as Trimurti or Karma, in her writings to avoid being arrested again by Dutch colonial authorities. During her reporting career, Trimurti worked for a number of Indonesian newspapers including Pesat, Genderang, Bedung and Pikiran Rakyat. She published Pesat together with her husband. In Japanese occupation era, Pesat was banned by Japanese military government. She also was arrested and tortured.
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