Wilopo

Wilopo (21 October 1909 – 20 January 1981) was an Indonesian statesman and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Indonesia from April 1952 to August 1953. He served in various other positions during his career, including as the speaker of the Constitutional Assembly and the chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council. He also held ministerial offices in several cabinets, including as the minister of labour, the minister of economic affairs, and the minister of defense.

Born into a Javanese family, Wilopo attended the Technische Hoogeschool in Bandung, before studying law at the Rechts Hogeschool in Batavia (now Jakarta) and becoming active in the nationalist movement. During the Japanese occupation, he became an official in the military government. After the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence in 1945, Wilopo helped found the Indonesian National Party (PNI) and joined the Republican government, becoming secretary-general of the labour ministry and later the junior minister of labour. During the subsequent Indonesian National Revolution, he was arrested by the Dutch following their offensive into Republican territory. Upon his release, Wilopo took part in the Round Table Conference which recognized the sovereignty of a federal Indonesia in 1949. He went on to become minister of labour in the federal cabinet that same year.