Syafruddin Prawiranegara
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Mr. Syafruddin Prawiranegara |
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| Head of Republic of Indonesia Emergency Government | |
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In office 19 December 1948 – 13 July 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Soekarno |
| Succeeded by | Soekarno |
| 5th Republic of Indonesia Minister of Finance | |
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In office 2 October 1946 – 26 June 1947 |
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| President | Soekarno |
| Preceded by | Surachman Tjokroadisurjo |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Andries Maramis |
| 4th Republic of Indonesia Minister of Trade | |
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In office 6 September 1950 – 27 April 1951 |
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| President | Soekarno |
| Preceded by | Lukman Hakim |
| Succeeded by | Jusuf Wibisono |
| 5th Republic of Indonesia Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 29 January 1948 – 4 August 1949 |
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| President | Soekarno |
| Preceded by | Adenan Kapau Gani |
| Succeeded by | Ignatius Joseph Kasimo Hendrowahyono |
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28 February 1911 Serang, Banten, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 15 February 1989 (aged 77) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Political party | Masyumi |
| Spouse(s) | T. Halimah Syehabuddin Prawiranegara |
| Religion | Islam |
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, (also written Syafruddin Prawiranegara, 28 February 1911 – 15 February 1989), was an Indonesian politician, economist, and latterly Islamic philosopher.
Sjafruddin was born in Anyer Kidul, Banten on 28 February 1911, of a Bantenese-Minangkabau father and Bantenese mother. In 1931, he graduated from AMS in Bandung. He wanted to continue his study in Leiden, but his family could not afford this, so he studied at the Law Faculty in Jakarta and earned a Meester in de Rechten degree in September, 1939.
In 1939–1940 he was an editor of Soeara Timur, a journal sponsored by Soetardjo Kartohadikoesoemo. Syafruddin was more strongly nationalist than this however, refusing to join the Stadswacht (home guard), though he did in 1940 join the Dutch department of finance. He retained his job under the Japanese occupation, working as a tax inspector.
After the proclamation of independence on 24 August 1945, he joined the KNI (Indonesian National Committee), becoming one of fifteen members of its Central Committee. In 1946, he joined Masjumi, the Islamic political party, publishing 'Politiek dan Revolusi Kita' (Our Politics and Revolution). He espoused a religious socialist philosophy, which led to his appointment as deputy minister of finance in Sjahrir's second cabinet from 12 March 1946 to 27 June 1947, Minister of Finance for Sjahrir's third cabinet from 2 October 1946 to 27 June 1947, as well as being Minister of Finance under Hatta's non-party cabinet and the continuation from 29 January 1948 until full independence in December 1949.
The resistance to the Dutch was limited to Java and Sumatra, and increasing military success in Java made the position of the revolutionary leaders in Java increasingly weak. In anticipation of the Dutch overrunning the revolutionary Indonesian capital at Yogyakarta, Hatta was given authority to set up a republican government in defensible Central Sumatra. Hatta was to return to Java for UN-led peace talks, however, so Sjafruddin was given the role of Prime Minister-in-waiting. When the Dutch captured Sukarno, Hatta, and others, he assumed the role of Emergency President, in West Sumatra, liaising by radio with remaining nationalists in Java to organize resistance to the Dutch. From this position he was able to maintain the republican effort until the Dutch released Sukarno and Hatta.
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