Agus Salim Rangkuti
{{Short description|Indonesian politician and military officer}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Agus Salim Rangkuti
|image = Wali Kota Medan Agus Salim Rangkuti.jpg
|image_size = 150px
|caption = Rangkuti in 1980
|office = Mayor of Medan
|predecessor = Muhammad Saleh Arifin
|successor = Bachtiar Djafar
|term_start = 1980
|term_end = 31 March 1990
|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|8|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = Lubuk Pakam, Dutch East Indies
}}
Agus Salim Rangkuti (10 August 1928 – ?) was an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the mayor of Medan, North Sumatra between 1980 and 1990. Prior to his government career, he had served in the Indonesian Army, and also worked as an actor.
Early life
Rangkuti was born in the town of Lubuk Pakam, today in Deli Serdang Regency of North Sumatra, on 10 August 1928. He was of Mandailing descent.{{cite book |last1=Pelly |first1=Usman |title=Urbanisasi dan adaptasi: peranan misi budaya Minangkabau dan Mandailing |date=1994 |publisher=LP3ES |isbn=978-979-8391-16-3 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QXsAAAAMAAJ |language=id |access-date=31 March 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405123635/https://books.google.com/books?id=6QXsAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}
Career
In his youth, Rangkuti fought during the Indonesian National Revolution in North Sumatra; he held the rank of second lieutenant and was stationed at Binjai to command a subdetachment of the Military Police Corps.{{cite book |title=Sejarah pengabdian Corps Polisi Militer Angkatan Darat, 1945-1978 |date=1981 |publisher=Yayasan Gajah Mada |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbW4AAAAIAAJ |language=id |access-date=5 April 2023 |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407102330/https://books.google.com/books?id=cbW4AAAAIAAJ |url-status=live }} After the war, Rangkuti acted in several movies during the 1950s. He served as the chairman of the Medan Board of Art, and he was an honorary chairman of the North Sumatran Movie Actors Association. He had also studied law in North Sumatra.{{cite book |title=Apa siapa orang film Indonesia, 1926-1978 |publisher=Sinematik Indonesia |page=66 |language=id}}
Rangkuti continued to serve within the military police corps of the Indonesian Army, and he enrolled in the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College in 1965.{{cite book |title=Karya wira jati |date=1968 |publisher=Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bycsAAAAIAAJ&dq=as+rangkuti&pg=PA109 |language=id}} Within the corps, he served as commander at the Buru Island political prison camp between 1973 and 1975, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.{{cite news |title=Ratna di Pulau Buru |url=https://historia.id/politik/articles/ratna-di-pulau-buru-vXZ9d/ |access-date=30 March 2023 |work=Historia |date=28 November 2022 |language=id-ID |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330172847/https://historia.id/politik/articles/ratna-di-pulau-buru-vXZ9d/ |url-status=live }} In one occasion, he asked the imprisoned filmmaker {{ill|Basuki Effendy|id}} to establish a band made up of the prisoners. Rangkuti had previously acted in one of Effendy's movies.{{cite news |last1=Mailoa |first1=Melisa |title=Sutradara di Kamp Kerja Paksa |url=https://news.detik.com/x/detail/intermeso/20170929/Sutradara-di-Kamp-Kerja-Paksa/ |access-date=31 March 2023 |work=detikx |date=1 October 2017 |language=id |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331062946/https://news.detik.com/x/detail/intermeso/20170929/Sutradara-di-Kamp-Kerja-Paksa/ |url-status=live }} With prisoner labour, Rangkuti also opened a recreational park in Buru.{{cite news |title=A hidden past |url=https://www.insideindonesia.org/a-hidden-past |access-date=31 March 2023 |work=Inside Indonesia |date=15 July 2015 |language=en-gb |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331064808/https://www.insideindonesia.org/a-hidden-past |url-status=live }}
Rangkuti rose to the rank of colonel, and beginning in 1980 he served two-terms as mayor of Medan. His second term ended on 31 March 1990, and he was replaced by Bachtiar Djafar.{{cite book |title=Mimbar kekaryaan ABRI. |date=1990 |publisher=Departemen Pertahanan Keamanan, Staf Pembinan Karyawan |page=67 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwJRDoQOgnUC&dq=agus+salim+rangkuti+apa+siapa&pg=RA1-PA67 |language=id}}
He is buried at the {{ill|Bukit Barisan Heroes' Cemetery|id|Taman Makam Pahlawan Bukit Barisan}} in Medan.{{cite news |title=Wali Kota Medan Ziarah ke TMP Bukit Barisan |url=https://lintasmedan.com/wali-kota-medan-ziarah-ke-tmp-bukit-barisan/ |access-date=30 March 2023 |work=lintasmedan.com |date=10 August 2018 |language=id |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330173124/https://lintasmedan.com/wali-kota-medan-ziarah-ke-tmp-bukit-barisan/ |url-status=live }}
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Category:20th-century mayors of places in Indonesia
Category:Year of death missing
Category:Indonesian military personnel