Bonnie Triyana
{{Short description|Indonesian historian and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bonnie Triyana
| image = Bonnie Triyana.jpg
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| office = Member of the House of Representatives
| term_start = 1 October 2024
| constituency = Banten I
| birth_name = Bonnie Triyana
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1979}}
| birth_place = Rangkasbitung, Banten, Indonesia
| alma_mater = Diponegoro University (BA)
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|historian}}
| known_for = Historia magazine
| party = PDI-P
}}
Bonnie Triyana (born 1979) is an Indonesian historian, politician, and museum curator. He founded the Indonesian-language history magazine Historia and is its director and editor-in-chief.
In the 2024 Indonesian general election, he was elected to the House of Representatives to represent the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle in the Banten 1 district (Lebak and Pandeglang). He was initially declared to have lost to Tia Rahmania, but following an electoral commission decision he was announced as the winning candidate.
Biography
Bonnie Triyana was born in Rangkasbitung, Banten, Indonesia in 1979.{{cite news |last1=Ira |first1=Laili |last2=Apadillah Ginanjar |first2=Raden Putri |title=Profil Bonnie Triyana yang Akan Gantikan Tia Rahmania Jadi Anggota DPR dari PDIP |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/1921219/profil-bonnie-triyana-yang-akan-gantikan-tia-rahmania-jadi-anggota-dpr-dari-pdip |access-date=7 October 2024 |work=Tempo |date=26 September 2024 |location=Jakarta |language=id}}{{cite news |last1=Sastramidjaja |first1=Yatun |title=Interview: Bonnie Triyana on history as a movement - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia |url=https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-150-oct-dec-2022/interview-bonnie-triyana-on-history-as-a-movement |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Inside Indonesia |date=11 February 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hussain |first1=Zakir |title=Editor turns the pages of history to deepen insight: He starts indonesia's first popular history magazine to spark discussion. |work=The Straits Times |date=11 March 2013}} He lived in Sumatra for a time, where his father worked as a plantation manager. He studied history at Diponegoro University in Semarang, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2003. In that same year, he co-edited (with Budi Setiyono) a new book of speeches by former Indonesian president Sukarno.{{cite news |title=Speeches by the Sackful |work=Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine |date=27 October 2003 |location=Jakarta |language=en}}{{cite news |title=The final words of defiance. |work=The Jakarta Post |date=28 September 2003 |language=en}}
Inspired by the Brazilian popular history magazine Istoria, Triyana founded the monthly Indonesian-language history magazine Historia.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://historia.id/about-us |website=Majalah Historia |access-date=24 May 2022 |language=id}} It began as a website in 2010 and was launched as a print edition in 2012. Since then he has been sought out for opinion on historical matters in the Indonesian press; for example, in 2014 his opposition to former Indonesian president Suharto being declared a National Hero of Indonesia (a proposal by then-presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto).{{cite news |author=Febrian |title=Sejarawan Tolak Soeharto Jadi Pahlawan Nasional |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2014/07/03/1553384/Sejarawan.Tolak.Soeharto.Jadi.Pahlawan.Nasional |work=Kompas |date=3 July 2014 |language=id}}
Triyana was involved in a group which successfully advocated in 2012 for the restoration of a former Sarekat Islam school in Semarang which had fallen into disrepair, due to its historical significance to the anti-colonial movement in the Dutch East Indies.{{cite news |last1=Triyana |first1=Bonnie |title=SI School, Sekolah Alternatif |url=https://historia.id/politik/articles/si-school-sekolah-alternatif-vxWJD/page/1 |work=Historia - Majalah Sejarah Populer Pertama di Indonesia |date=17 July 2014 |language=id}} In 2018 he helped Lebak Regency in Banten establish the Multatuli Museum in Rangkasbitung in a 1923 building that had originally been the office of the {{lang|id|Wedana}} (a type of colonial official).{{cite news |last1=Tampubolon |first1=Hans David |title=Bonnie Triyana: Learning about today's society from history |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/01/09/bonnie-triyana-learning-about-todays-society-from-history.html |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=The Jakarta Post |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Affan |first1=Heyder |title=197 tahun Multatuli, museum antikolonial pertama di Rangkasbitung |url=https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah-39137601 |work=BBC News Indonesia |date=2 March 2017 |language=id}}{{cite news |title=Kabupaten Lebak Gunakan Narasi Multatuli untuk Tarik Wisatawan |url=https://travel.tempo.co/read/1124365/kabupaten-lebak-gunakan-narasi-multatuli-untuk-tarik-wisatawan/full&view=ok |access-date=25 May 2022 |work=Tempo |date=7 September 2018 |language=id }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The museum faced some opposition from local student groups who believed it glorified a non-Indonesian, Dutch colonizer.
As part of the Dutch research program Independence, Decolonization, Violence and War in Indonesia, 1945-1950,{{cite web|url=https://indonesia45-50.nl/en|title=Independence, Decolonization, Violence and War in Indonesia, 1945-1950|website=Indonesia45-50.nl|publisher=KITLV; NIMH; NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies|access-date=30 May 2023}} Triyana spoke before the standing committee on Foreign Affairs at the House of Representatives on 23 May 2022 to present an Indonesian perspective on the violent departure of the Dutch from Indonesia.{{cite web |title=Rondetafelgesprek over onderzoeksprogramma dekolonisatie Indonesië |url=https://www.tweedekamer.nl/debat_en_vergadering/uitgelicht/rondetafelgesprek-over-onderzoeksprogramma-dekolonisatie-indonesi%C3%AB |website=www.tweedekamer.nl |language=nl |date=23 May 2022}}
''Bersiap'' controversy
In early 2022 Triyana was a guest curator of the exhibition Revolusi! Indonesia Independent{{cite web|url=https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/press-releases/revolusi-indonesia-independent|title=Revolusi! Indonesia Independent|date=11 January 2022|publisher=Rijksmuseum|access-date=30 May 2023}} on the Indonesian National Revolution at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.{{cite news |last1=Chow |first1=Vivienne |title=An Eye-Opening Rijksmuseum Show Confronts a History Long Downplayed in the Netherlands: Its Brutal Colonial Rule of Indonesia |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/netherlands-colonial-rijksmuseum-indonesia-2072746 |work=Artnet News |date=15 February 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Siegal |first1=Nina |title=Looking Back on a Colonial Struggle, a Museum Stirs New Disputes |work=The New York Times |date=10 February 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/arts/design/rijksmuseum-revolusi-indonesia-independent.html |language=en}} His participation became controversial in the Netherlands when, in a column in the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, he explained his view that the word "Bersiap" should be dropped from the exhibit, saying that the use of the term in the exhibit would "simplify" the narrative in the exhibit and reinforce stereotypes of "primitive, uncivilized Indonesians".{{cite news |last1=Triyana |first1=Bonnie |title=Schrap de term ‘Bersiap’ want die is racistisch |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/01/10/schrap-term-bersiap-voor-periodisering-want-die-is-racistisch-a4077367 |access-date=25 May 2022 |work=NRC Handelsblad |date=11 January 2022 |language=nl}} The Federation of Dutch Indos filed a complaint to the Dutch police about the matter on 13 January 2022, accusing Triyana of stigmatizing Indonesian and Dutch survivors of that historical period and downplaying the violence against them.{{cite news |title=Netherlands faces up to brutal past in Indonesia: Study reveals use of ‘extreme violence’ by Dutch armed forces in 1940s and 1960s |work=South China Morning Post |date=25 February 2022 |location=Hong Kong |page=A8 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Indonesia: Indonesian war of independence explored in new Amsterdam exhibition |agency=Asia News Monitor |date=14 February 2022 |location=Bangkok}}{{cite news |last1=Mantalean |first1=Vitorio |title=Sejarawan Bonnie Triyana Dilaporkan di Belanda karena Artikel Periode “Bersiap” |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2022/01/25/16585001/sejarawan-bonnie-triyana-dilaporkan-di-belanda-karena-artikel-periode |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=Kompas |date=25 January 2022 |language=id}} This was followed by a counter-complaint against the Rijksmuseum, its director, and the lead curator of the exhibition by the Dutch Honorary Debts Committee Foundation on 21 January. The police decided not to pursue charges and the Rijksmuseum continued to use the term in the exhibit, noting that Triyana had been expressing his personal opinion in the editorial.{{cite news |last1=Hennop |first1=Jan |title=Dutch museum grapples with history of Indonesian independence |agency=AFP International Text Wire in English |date=9 February 2022 |location=Washington}}{{cite news |last1=Boffey |first1=Daniel |title=Dutch officials drop case against Rijksmuseum over ‘racist’ word |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/09/dutch-officials-drop-case-against-rijksmuseum-over-racist-word |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=9 February 2022 |language=en}}
Political career
In June 2023, Triyana announced that he had stepped down as managing editor of Historia and announced his candidacy for office in the 2024 Indonesian general election with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in the Banten 1 district (Lebak and Pandeglang).{{Cite tweet |user=bonnietriyana |number=1671704556722601987 |date=21 June 2023 |title=Terima kasih, bro @Sam_Ardi. Benar, saya maju menjadi bakal calon anggota DPR RI dari PDI Perjuangan untuk Dapil Banten 1 (Lebak dan Pandeglang) kampung halaman saya dan tempat leluhur saya berasal. Mohon doa dan dukungannya. Sekalian ongkosnya. |language=id |access-date=14 July 2023 |link=https://twitter.com/bonnietriyana/status/1671704556722601987 |quote= |ref=}}{{cite news |title=Mengenal Lebih Dekat Sejarawan Bonnie Triyana yang Berpotensi Mulus Menuju Senayan |url=https://tangerangpos.id/mengenal-lebih-dekat-sejarawan-bonnie-triyana-yang-berpotensi-mulus-menuju-senayan/ |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Tangerang Pos |date=21 June 2023 |location=Banten |language=id}} The historian Budi Setiyono took over as managing editor of Historia, while Triyana remained editor-in-chief and director.{{cite web |title=Tentang Kami |url=https://historia.id/about-us |website=Historia |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=id |date=2023}} Triyana's sister Virgoyanti is also involved in politics; she is the acting regional secretary of Banten, as well as commissioner of the Bank of Banten and other roles. At first, Bonnie Triyana narrowly failed to win the seat; the victorious candidate Tia Rahmania was declared to have received 37,568 votes to Bonnie's 36,618 votes.{{cite news |last1=Rastika |first1=Icha |last2=Mantalean |first2=Vitorio |title=Ngabalin, Bonnie Triyana, dan Sejumlah Pendukung Prabowo Gagal ke DPR |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2024/03/13/16392241/ngabalin-bonnie-triyana-dan-sejumlah-pendukung-prabowo-gagal-ke-dpr |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=KOMPAS.com |date=13 March 2024 |language=id}}{{cite news |last1=Guntoro |first1=Heru |title=Tia Rahmania Wakili Dapil Banten I ke Senayan |url=https://www.gesuri.id/pemilu/tia-rahmania-wakili-dapil-banten-i-ke-senayan-b2k2cZL2Q |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=Gesuri |language=id}}
Bonnie Triyana disputed the results of the election in the Banten I district via the Banten election representatives and the internal PDI-P process, and in early September 2024 both candidates were interviewed.{{cite news |last1=Raya |first1=Tohir Banten |title=Bonnie Triyana Geser Tia Rahmania Jadi Anggota DPR RI, Begini Kronologi Kemelut Gugatan ke Bawaslu Banten - Banten Raya |url=https://www.bantenraya.com/nasional/12713620498/bonnie-triyana-geser-tia-rahmania-jadi-anggota-dpr-ri-begini-kronologi-kemelut-gugatan-ke-bawaslu-banten |access-date=7 October 2024 |work=Banten Raya |date=26 September 2024 |language=id}} Following a 23 September 2024 by the Electoral Commission (KPU), Tia Rahmania was dropped as the candidate and Bonnie Triyana was declared to be the winning candidate. The decision noted that Tia Rahmania had been expelled from the PDI-P party due to alleged voting irregularities and ethical breaches and no longer qualified for the role. The counts were determined to have been inflated in Rahmania's favour in some local districts. There were also allegations made in the press that she was dropped for criticizing the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chair Nurul Ghufron, but this was denied by the PDI-P.{{cite news |last1=SALAM |first1=NIKOLAUS HARBOWO, HIDAYAT |title=PDI-P Bantah Pemecatan Tia Rahmania Terkait Kritik pada Nurul Ghufron |url=https://www.kompas.id/baca/polhuk/2024/09/26/pdi-p-bantah-pemecatan-tia-rahmania-terkait-kritik-pada-nurul-ghufron |access-date=7 October 2024 |work=Kompas |date=26 September 2024 |language=id}} On 26 September 2024 Tia Rahmania filed a civil lawsuit against Bonnie Triyana and the PDI-P.{{cite news |last1=EKATARI |first1=MARINA |title=Tia Rahmania Lawan Balik, Gugat Mahkamah PDI-P dan Bonnie Triyana |url=https://www.kompas.id/baca/video/2024/09/27/tia-rahmania-lawan-balik-gugat-mahkamah-pdi-p-dan-bonnie-triyana |work=Kompas |date=27 September 2024 |language=id}} Nonetheless, Triyana has been seated in the new session of the House of Representatives which opened on 1 October 2024.
Selected publications
- {{lang|id|Revolusi belum selesai: kumpulan pidato Presiden Soekarno, 30 September 1965 - Pelengkap Nawaksara}} (Ombak, 2005; as co-editor with Budi Setiyono).{{cite web |title=Revolusi belum selesai : kumpulan pidato Presiden Soekarno, 30 September 1965 - Pelengkap Nawaksara |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1128307726 |website=WorldCat |access-date=24 May 2022}}
- {{lang|id|Liber Amicorum: 80 tahun Joesoef Isak, Seorang Wartawan, Penulis dan Penerbit}} (ISAI/Komunitas Bambu, 2008, co-editor with Max Lane).{{cite web |title=Liber Amicorum : 80 tahun Joesoef Isak, seorang wartawan, penulis, dan penerbit |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778208408 |website=WorldCat |access-date=24 May 2022}}
- {{lang|id|Derom Bangun: memoar "duta besar" sawit Indonesia: dari kampus ITB sampai ke meja diplomasi dunia}} (Kompas, 2010, cowritten with Derom Bangun){{cite web |title=Derom Bangun : memoar "duta besar" sawit Indonesia : dari kampus ITB sampai ke meja diplomasi dunia |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670239013 |website=WorldCat |access-date=24 May 2022}}(Kompas, 2011)
- {{lang|id|Eddie Lembong: mencintai tanah air sepenuh hati}} (Kompas, 2011){{cite web |title=Eddie Lembong: mencintai tanah air sepenuh hati |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767513484 |website=WorldCat |access-date=24 May 2022}}
- {{lang|id|Kabar dari Negeri Seberang}} (Historia, 2013, as editor)