Sunarjo Kolopaking
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{{Short description|Indonesian lawyer and sociologist}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sunarjo Kolopaking
| image = Prof. Mr. R. Soenario Kolopaking.jpg
| office = 3rd Minister of Finance
| predecessor = A. A. Maramis
| successor = Surachman Tjokroadisurjo
| term_start = 14 November 1945
| term_end = 5 December 1945
| birth_date = 15 October 1906
| birth_place = Banjarnegara, Dutch East Indies
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|03|31|1906|10|15|df=y}}
}}
Sunarjo Kolopaking (15 October 1906 – 31 March 1972), sometimes spelled as Sunario Kolopaking, was an Indonesian lawyer and sociologist. He was appointed as Minister of Finance in 1945, though rejecting the post, and he later became one of the first Indonesian professors at the University of Indonesia.
Early life and education
Kolopaking was born in Banjarnegara Regency on 15 October 1906. His father, R.A.A. Djojonagaro II, was the local bupati (regent) and his mother was a noblewoman associated with the Mangkunegaran.{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Benedict Richard O'Gorman |title=Java in a Time of Revolution: Occupation and Resistance, 1944–1946 |date=2006 |publisher=Equinox Publishing |isbn=978-979-3780-14-6 |pages=448–449|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=87totx4p3ZcC |language=en}} After graduating from a HIS, he pursued further education in a MULO in Purwokerto and a AMS in Bandung.{{cite book |title=Empat dasa warsa perjalanan Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Indonesia |date=1990 |publisher=Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Indonesia |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohsWqkQkUUEC |language=id}} He continued his studies in law, first in Batavia before going to Leiden University and graduating from there in 1931.
Career
After returning to Indonesia, he worked at a bank between 1934 and 1940 while also teaching law part-time. During the Japanese occupation period, he worked under the Mangkunegaran. Near the end of the war, he was assigned to Jakarta to head an economic office.
He was appointed as the Minister of Finance in the First Sjahrir Cabinet on 14 November 1945. However, he refused the appointment, and he was hence replaced on 5 December 1945 with Surachman Tjokroadisurjo.{{cite web |title=Soenarjo Kolopaking |url=https://www.kemenkeu.go.id/profil/daftar-menteri/soenarjo-kolopaking/ |publisher=Ministry of Finance of Indonesia |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=id}} He had also been a member of the Central Indonesian National Committee, while not being part of any political parties.{{cite book |title=Seperempat abad Dewan Perwakilan Rakjat Republik Indonesia |date=1970 |publisher=Dewan Perwakilan Rakjat |page=578 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OO4jAAAAMAAJ |language=id}} He was appointed as a member of the 15-man Working Committee within the body.{{sfn|Anderson|2006|p=174}}
He was mostly active in academia and education, being appointed as chairman of the "Indonesian Congress of Education" upon its founding in 1947,{{cite book |last1=Toer |first1=Pramoedya Ananta |title=Kronik Revolusi Indonesia Jilid V |date=18 August 2014 |publisher=Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia |isbn=978-979-9106-89-6 |page=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tf1TDwAAQBAJ |language=id}} and cofounding the Institute of Indonesian Culture in 1948.{{cite book |last1=Lindsay |first1=Jennifer |title=Heirs to World Culture: Being Indonesian, 1950–1965 |date=2012 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-25351-3 |page=224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufJjAAAAQBAJ |language=en}} He also took part in the founding of the Indonesian Police Academy in 1946, for a time serving as its chairman.{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Barry |title=A. H. Nasution and Indonesia's Elites: "People's Resistance" in the War of Independence and Postwar Politics |date=17 November 2017 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=978-1-4985-6012-2 |pages=156–157 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6RBDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}{{cite book |title=30 tahun Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia |date=1976 |publisher=Markas Besar, Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxpjQjjTSbUC |language=id}}
He became a professor of sociology at the University of Indonesia by 1949, becoming one of its first Indonesian professors.{{cite book |last1=Thee |first1=Kian Wie |author-link1=Thee Kian Wie |title=Recollections: The Indonesian Economy, 1950s–1990s |date=2003 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=978-981-230-174-1 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kot1BwAAQBAJ |language=en}} In 1950, when the faculty of economics was established there, Sunarjo was appointed as its first dean, due to a shortage of economists. This was until his replacement by Sumitro Djojohadikusumo in 1951.{{cite book |last1=Koentjaraningrat|page=228 |author1-link=Koentjaraningrat |title=The Social Sciences in Indonesia |date=1975 |publisher=Indonesian Institute of Sciences |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXp2SiyUj1oC |language=en}} At the request of Mohammad Roem, he also helped found the Political Science Academy (Akademi Ilmu Politik) in Yogyakarta (today part of Gadjah Mada University).{{cite book |last1=Effendi |first1=Sofian |title=Membangun martabat manusia: peranan ilmu-ilmu sosial dalam pembangunan |date=1992 |publisher=Gadjah Mada University Press bekerjasama dengan HIPIIS Cabang Yogyakarta |isbn=978-979-420-242-5 |page=XXI |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IUWAAAAMAAJ |language=id}} Kolopaking died on the evening of 31 March 1972 and his body was interred at the Menteng Pulo Public Cemetery the next day.{{cite news |date=3 April 1972 |title=Seputar Kota Djakarta: Prof. Sunarjo Kolopaking Meninggal |url= |access-date= |work=Kompas |pages=1 |language=}}
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Category:Leiden University alumni
Category:Ministers of finance of Indonesia
Category:Indonesian sociologists