Sudiro
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Raden Soediro (24 April 1911 – 18 April 1992) was an Indonesian politician who served as the first Governor of Jakarta, between 1958 and 1960. Prior to becoming Governor, Soediro served as Jakarta's mayor for five years until the city was made its own special capital region. Soediro was also Governor of Sulawesi between 1951 and 1953.
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- Pelangi kehidupan
- Pengalaman saya sekitar 17 Agustus '45
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Indonesia
- Place of birth
- Yogyakarta
- Place of death
- Indonesia
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor of Jakarta
- Political party
- Indonesian National Party
- Languages spoken
- Indonesian
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- Sudiro, Pekan Buku Indonesia 1954, p8.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1911-04-24
- date of death
- 1992-00-00
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- Sudiro
- place of burial
- Kalibata Heroes Cemetery
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Raden Soediro (24 April 1911 – 18 April 1992) was an Indonesian politician who served as the first Governor of Jakarta, between 1958 and 1960. Prior to becoming Governor, Soediro served as Jakarta's mayor for five years until the city was made its own special capital region. Soediro was also Governor of Sulawesi between 1951 and 1953.
==Career== Soediro was educated in a teachers' training school. Before Indonesia's independence, Soediro was active in various nationalist organizations such as the Jong Java and Partai Indonesia. He was also active in education, becoming the head of a Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs (Junior High School) between 1931 and 1933, and later he chaired Taman Siswa in Madiun between 1933 and 1936. Between 1936 and 1937, he was assistant to Ernest Douwes Dekker.
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