Английская Википедия:Darmawan Mangunkusumo

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Darmawan Mangunkusumo (25 May 1901 – 2 August 1971) was an Indonesian economist and engineer who served as the Minister of Welfare between 1945 and 1946, within the First and Second Sjahrir Cabinets. Before his ministerial tenure, he worked as a government economic official in the Dutch and Japanese colonial governments, and was part of the Indonesian nationalist movement since his studies in the Netherlands through Perhimpoenan Indonesia.

Early life and education

Darmawan was born in Purwodadi, Grobogan on 25 May 1901, a younger brother of Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo.Шаблон:Sfn After studying at an Europeesche Lagere School and then a Hogere Burgerschool, he enrolled at the Delft Technical College.Шаблон:Sfn He was the third child of his family to study in the Netherlands. At Delft, he studied chemical engineering, and became active in Perhimpoenan Indonesia (PI) where he edited the association's magazine Hindia Poetra between 1921 and 1922 when the magazine was taken over by the Minerva student magazine.Шаблон:Sfn By 1923, he was one of the leaders of PI alongside Mohammad Hatta, Iwa Kusumasumantri, Sartono, and Sastromoeljono,Шаблон:Sfn and Hindia Poetra was revived, with a clearer nationalistic tone in its articles.Шаблон:Sfn He graduated in 1924.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

Darmawan returned to Indonesia in February 1925, and became chairman of the Шаблон:Ill in Bandung by 1926.Шаблон:Sfn He worked in the colonial economic affairs department,Шаблон:Sfn despite concerns by some Dutch colonial officials of his political activities. Governor-General Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff received advice against employing Darmawan, which was rejected.Шаблон:Sfn In the late 1930s, with support from the colonial government, Darmawan launched an economic foundation in Surabaya which aimed to promote the development of light industry such as brickmaking and leatherworking.Шаблон:Sfn

During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Darmawan's foundation was given permission to continue functioning due to its output of industrial supplies.Шаблон:Sfn He also continued to work at the Japanese occupation government's economic affairs department.Шаблон:Sfn He engaged with Sutan Sjahrir's underground movement in Surabaya, where he led discussion groupsШаблон:Sfn which mostly consisted of students from secondary schools.Шаблон:Sfn He was jailed several times by the Kempeitai during the occupation.[1]

After the proclamation of Indonesian independence, Darmawan was appointed as Minister of Welfare in the First Sjahrir Cabinet on 14 November 1945.Шаблон:Sfn He retained a cabinet post at the Second Sjahrir Cabinet, initially as Minister of Trade and Industry.Шаблон:Sfn In late June 1946, he was briefly kidnapped along with Sjahrir and Sumitro Djojohadikusumo by disgruntled army units, though they were released shortly thereafter.[2] Despite his affiliation with the Republican government, he was appointed in March 1948 to join the board of trustees the Dutch-controlled De Javasche Bank.Шаблон:Sfn After the revolution, he would return to the bank as a director.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1959, he co-founded LIA, an English language training foundation.[3] He died on 2 August 1971.[4]

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