Soepomo
Sign in to saveSoepomo (EYD: Supomo; 22 January 1903 – 12 September 1958) was an Indonesian politician and lawyer who served as the country's first Minister of Justice from August until November 1945 and again from December 1949 until 6 September 1950. Known as the father of Indonesia's constitution, he was posthumously declared an Indonesian National Hero by President Sukarno in 1965.
Person
- Born
- 1903-01-22
- Died
- 1958-09-12
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- 1954
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- 1956
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Key dates
- Born
- 22 January 1903
- Died
- 12 September 1958
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Indonesia
- Place of birth
- Sukoharjo
- Place of death
- Jakarta
- Occupation
- jurist
- Position held
- justice minister
- Educated at
- Leiden University
- Employer
- University of Indonesia
- Languages spoken
- Indonesian
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- Early life and education
- Promulgation of the constitution
- Post-independence career
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Soepomo (EYD: Supomo; 22 January 1903 – 12 September 1958) was an Indonesian politician and lawyer who served as the country's first Minister of Justice from August until November 1945 and again from December 1949 until 6 September 1950. Known as the father of Indonesia's constitution, he was posthumously declared an Indonesian National Hero by President Sukarno in 1965.
== Early life and education == Soepomo was born on 22 January 1903, in Sukoharjo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He came from a noble family; his maternal and paternal grandfathers were both high-ranking government officials. He began his education in 1917 when he was enrolled at a Europeesche Lagere School (ELS) in Boyolali. He graduated in 1920 and continued his studies at Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs (MULO) in Surakarta. In 1923, he moved to Batavia (now Jakarta) and attended the Rechts Hogeschool (RHS). After graduating from RHS, he took a job at a court in Surakarta, before leaving for the Netherlands to pursue further education. In the Netherlands, he enrolled at Leiden University and studied law under Cornelis van Vollenhoven.
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