Suryatna Subrata
{{short description|Indonesian military officer (1939–2024))}}
{{Indonesian name}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Suryatna Subrata
|image = Suryatna Subrata, Siliwangi dari Masa ke Masa, p58.jpg
|caption = Subrata in 1977
|office = Member of Supreme Advisory Council
|president = B.J. Habibie
Abdurrahman Wahid
Megawati Sukarnoputri
|term_start = 13 June 1998
|term_end = 31 July 2003
|office1 = Vice Governor of West Java
|term_start1 = 14 September 1987
|term_end1 = 27 October 1992
|governor1 = Yogie Suardi Memet
|predecessor1 = Aboeng Koesman
|successor1 = Achmad Sampurna
|birth_date = 1939
|birth_place = Cianjur, Dutch East Indies
|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|5|1939|df=y}}
|death_place = Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia
}}
Suryatna Subrata (1939 – 5 April 2024) was an Indonesian military officer, bureaucrat and politician. He was a member of the Supreme Advisory Council between 1998 and 2003, and had previously become secretary-general of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Vice Governor of West Java.
Early life
Suryatna Subrata was born in Cianjur, in what is today West Java province, in 1939.{{cite book |title=Awang Faroek Ishak di Mata Para Sahabat Edisi 1 Cetakan 1 |date=20 May 2003 |publisher=Indomedia |isbn=978-979-97336-3-4 |page=153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PpNJDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT90 |language=id}} After completing high school, he enrolled at the Army Academy, graduating as part of the class of 1961.{{Cite web|title=ALUMNI - 1961|url=http://www.akmil.ac.id/14.php3|website=Akademi Militer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222061925/http://www.akmil.ac.id/14.php3|archive-date=22 February 2001|access-date=10 September 2021|url-status=live}} He would later also study at the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College and at the National Resilience Institute.
Military career
By 1977, Suryatna had been assigned to the Siliwangi Military Region, as an assistant to the unit's chief of staff.{{Cite book|date=1977|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFbdzRAfs7sC&pg=PA58|title=Album kenangan Kodam VI/Siliwangi, 1946-1977|publisher=Kodam VI/Siliwangi|language=id}} In 1978, he was assigned to the Philippines as defense attache, remaining there until 1981. Upon his return to Indonesia, he was appointed chief of staff of a military district within Siliwangi, then as its commander with the rank of colonel in 1982. He remained in this post until 1984.{{Cite book|date=1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knnfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA704|title=Album kenangan perjuangan Siliwangi|publisher=Badan Pembina Corps Siliwangi Jakarta Raya|language=id}} He held the final rank of honorary lieutenant general.
Government career
Suryatna was appointed the Vice Governor of West Java on 14 September 1987, replacing Aboeng Kosman.{{Cite news|date=September 1987|title=Kol. Sunarso Wagub Kalsel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOjKYnCN1o8C&pg=PA60|work=Mimbar Kekaryaan|issue=201|page=60|access-date=7 January 2022}}{{Cite news|date=21 September 1992|title=Bandung: Penggantian wagub Jabar hingga sekarang belum ada penggantinya|url=http://www.kompasdata.id/Search/NewsDetail/18697901|work=Kompas|page=13|access-date=6 January 2022|url-access=subscription}} He held the post until 1992, and his replacement, Achmad Sampurna, was appointed on 27 October 1992.{{Cite news|date=October 1992|title=Kolonel Kav. H. Mas Achmad Sampurna Wakil Gubernur Jawa Barat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Fb_cJwBcygC&pg=RA3-PA64|work=Mimbar Kekaryaan|issue=262|access-date=6 January 2022}} In May 1993, he was appointed secretary-general of the Department of Home Affairs,{{cite web |title=Pergantian |url=https://majalah.tempo.co/read/album/5750/pergantian|archive-date=26 February 2021 |website=Tempo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226125348/https://majalah.tempo.co/read/album/5750/pergantian |language=id |date=22 May 1993}} serving until April 1998.{{Cite news|date=29 April 1998|title=Sari Berita Sosial-Politik: Depdagri Punya Sekjen dan Dirjen Baru|url=http://www.kompasdata.id/Search/NewsDetail/18489903|work=Kompas|page=3|language=id|access-date=29 July 2021|url-access=subscription}}
He served as a member of the Supreme Advisory Council between 1998 and 2003.{{cite book |title=Memorabilia Dewan Pertimbangan Agung RI Masa Jabatan 1998- 2003 dan Berakhirnya Keberadaan Dewan Pertimbangan Agung RI dalam Era Reformasi |date=2003 |publisher=Supreme Advisory Council |page=Xa |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Memorabilia_DEWAN_PERTIMBANGAN_AGUNG_RI_Masa_Jabatan_1998-2003_dan_Berakhirnya_Keberadaan_DEWAN_PERTIMBANGAN_AGUNG_RI_dalam_ERA_REFORMASI.pdf |language=id}}
Later life and death
He died on 5 April 2024 at the Dustira hospital in Cimahi, West Java. He was buried at his family's cemetery in Bandung.{{cite news |title=Mantan Wagub Jabar Letnan Jenderal TNI (Purn) Suryatna Subrata Wafat |url=https://prfmnews.pikiran-rakyat.com/jawa-barat/pr-137940181/mantan-wagub-jabar-letnan-jenderal-tni-purn-suryatna-subrata-wafat|access-date=14 November 2024 |work=Pikiran Rakyat |date=6 April 2024 |language=id}}