Sartono | |||||||||||||
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| 1st Speaker of the People's Representative Council | |||||||||||||
| In office 23 February 1950 – 24 June 1960 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office created | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Zainul Arifin | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 August 1900 Wonogiri, Dutch East Indies | ||||||||||||
| Died | 15 October 1968 (aged 68) Jakarta, Indonesia | ||||||||||||
| Resting place | Astana Bibis Luhur | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Indonesian National Party (1927–1931; 1945–1968) | ||||||||||||
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| Spouse |
Siti Zaenab (m. 1930) | ||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Leiden University (Mr.) | ||||||||||||
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Sartono (5 August 1900 – 15 October 1968) was an Indonesian politician and lawyer who served as the first speaker of the People's Representative Council (DPR) from 1950 until 1960. Born to a noble ethnic-Javanese family, Sartono studied law at Leiden University, during which time he joined the Perhimpoenan Indonesia association and became an advocate for Indonesian independence. After graduating, he opened a law practice and helped found the Indonesian National Party (PNI) in 1927, assuming the positions of deputy chairman and treasurer within the party. Following the PNI's dissolution in 1931, Sartono remained active in nationalist circles, helping found the Partindo and Gerindo political parties. He subsequently occupied several positions during the Japanese occupation period, including as general-secretary of a mass organization, Putera, and a member of both the Central Advisory Council and Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence.
Following the proclamation of Indonesian independence in 1945, he was appointed a state minister in President Sukarno's Presidential Cabinet. During the subsequent national revolution, he became a member of the Central Indonesian National Committee (KNIP), the Republic's provisional legislature. After the transfer of sovereignty in the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference held in 1949, in which he was an advisor to, Sartono