Wilopo

Wilopo

Minister of Labour
In office 20 December 1949 – 6 September 1950
Preceded by	Soekiman Wirjosandjojo
Succeeded by	Ali Sastroamidjojo
Minister of Trade and Industry
7th Prime Minister of Indonesia
In office 1 April 1952 – 30 July 1953
Preceded by	Soekiman Wirjosandjojo
Succeeded by	Ali Sastroamidjojo
5th Foreign Minister of Indonesia
In office 3 April 1952 – 29 April 1952
Preceded by	Mohammad Roem
Succeeded by	Moekarto Notowidigdo
Personal details
Born	21 August 1908(1908-08-21) Purworejo, Central Java, Dutch East Indies
Died	1 June 1981
Political party	Indonesian National Party

Wilopo (21 October 1908 – 1 June 1981) was the seventh Prime Minister of Indonesia. His cabinet is known as the Wilopo Cabinet.

Biography

Wilopo was born in Purworejo, Central Java on 21 October 1908.^[1] As a child, he studied at Taman Siswa, later becoming a teacher there.^[2]

Wilopo's first government position was as the Junior Minister of Labour during the First and Second Amir Sjarifuddin Cabinets from 3 July 1947 to 29 January 1948.^[3]^[4] After a brief hiatus, he became the Minister of Labour during the Republic of the United States of Indonesia Cabinet from 20 December 1949 to 6 September 1950; he was later the Minister of Trade and Industry during the Sukiman Cabinet.^[3]^[4]

After completing his tenure as Minister of Trade and Industry, on 19 March 1952, Wilopo was told to choose a cabinet to lead. Three days after giving his list to President Sukarno, on 1 April he and his cabinet took power;^[5] it was essentially a coalition of necessity between the Masyumi and National parties.^[6] During his time as prime minister he also spent 26 days as Foreign Minister, from 3 to 29 April, making him the shortest serving Indonesian foreign minister as of 2011.^[3] As prime minister, he was initially able to draw support from the army by unhesitatingly accepting Sultan of Yogyakarta Hamengkubuwono IX as defence minister.^[7] After fourteen months, the cabinet collapsed; the collapse was blamed on land issues.^[8]

From 1955 to 1959, Wilopo served as the Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly of Indonesia.^[3] He later became head of the Commission of Four, a part of the Corruption Eradication Team, with his service beginning in June 1970.^[3]^[9] Despite finding "corruption everywhere", no actions were taken by the government.^[9]

Wilopo died in Jakarta in 1981.^[10]

Views

Herbert Feith, an Australian scholar on Indonesian politics, notes that Wilopo was widely considered fair-minded and sympathetic to the plight of the working classes, working carefully towards his goals.^[2] As he did not prioritize party loyalty, he was known as being able to cooperate with anyone.^[2]

References

Footnotes

^ Bahari 2011, p. 35.
^ ^a ^b ^c Feith 1958, p. 95.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bahari 2011, p. 36.
^ ^a ^b Presidential Library, Wilopo.
^ Feith 1958, p. 86.
^ Ricklefs 2001, p. 297.
^ Feith 1958, p. 90.
^ NY Times 1953, Land Issue Ousts.
^ ^a ^b Ricklefs 2001, p. 360.
^ Embree 1988, Wilopo (1909–1981).

Bibliography

Bahari, Adib (2011) (in Indonesian). Pendekar Hukum Indonesia [Indonesian Legal Giants]. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Yustisis. ISBN 978-979-341-104-0.
Embree, Ainslie Thomas, ed (1988). "Wilopo (1909–1981)". Encyclopedia of Asian History. 4. Asia Society. pp. 218. ISBN 978-0-684-18901-7. http://books.google.ca/books?id=YoXrAAAAMAAJ.
Feith, Herbert (1958). The Wilopo Cabinet, 1952–1953: A Turning Point in Post-Revolutionary Indonesia. Ithaca: Cornell University. OCLC 3943883.
"Land Issue Ousts Indonesia Cabinet; Wilopo, Facing Defeat on His Program by Red-Backed Coalition, Resigns". The New York Times. 3 June 1953. p. 4. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C1EFF3C5A117A93C1A9178DD85F478585F9. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
Ricklefs, Merle Calvin (2001). A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1200 (3rd ed.). Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4479-9. http://books.google.co.id/books?id=0GrWCmZoEBMC.
"Wilopo" (in Indonesian). Presidential Library of Indonesia. http://kepustakaan-presiden.pnri.go.id/cabinet_personnel/popup_profil_pejabat.php?id=39&presiden_id=1&presiden=sukarno. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

Preceded by Sukiman Wirjosandjojo	Prime Minister of Indonesia 1952–1953	Succeeded by Ali Sastroamidjojo
Preceded by Achmad Soebardjo	Foreign Minister of Indonesia 1952	Succeeded by Moekarto Notowidigdo

Prime Ministers of Indonesia (1945–1959)

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Name	Wilopo
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Date of birth	1908
Place of birth	Purworejo, Central Java, Dutch East Indies
Date of death	1981
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