Susanto Tirtoprodjo

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{{short description|Indonesian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Soesanto Tirtoprodjo, minister van Justitie (Kehakiman) in het kabinet Sjahrir …, Bestanddeelnr 11864.jpg

| caption = Susanto Tirtoprodjo, 1947

| office = Prime Minister of Indonesia

| status = Acting

| term_start = 20 December 1949

| term_end = 21 January 1950

| president = Assaat

| predecessor = Mohammad Hatta

| successor = Abdul Halim

| order1 = 8th

| office1 = Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia){{!}}Minister of Home Affairs

| term_start1 = 20 December 1949

| term_end1 = 6 September 1950

| president1 = Sukarno

| predecessor1 = Wongsonegoro

| successor1 = Assaat

| order2 = 3rd

| office2 = Ministry of Law and Human Rights{{!}}Minister of Justice

| term_start2 = 2 October 1946

| term_end2 = 21 January 1950

| president2 = Sukarno

| predecessor2 = Soewandi

| successor2 = Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|03|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Soerakarta, Dutch East Indies

| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|11|16|1900|03|03|df=y}}

| death_place = Surakarta, Indonesia

| party = {{hlist|PNI|Parindra}}

| spouse = Raden Ayu Wasiti Tinah

| alma_mater = Leiden University

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|jurist}}

}}

Susanto Tirtoprodjo (3 March 1900 – 16 November 1969)[https://books.google.com/books?id=g3RmAAAAMAAJ&q=Susanto+Tirtoprodjo+1900 Profile of Susanto Tirtoprodjo] was the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Indonesia (part of the United States of Indonesia from 20 December 1949 to 16 January 1950 after being sworn in very rapidly alongside Mohammad Hatta when the Dutch recognised Indonesia's independence.{{cite book|title=Merdeka|first1=Harry|first2=Henk|last1=Poeze|last2=Nordholt}} He was also a member of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (BPUPK) and served in several early Indonesian cabinets. He represented Indonesia in Paris and Holland and also served as the head of the National Institute of Legal Studies.{{cite book|title=Historicism and Historiography in Indonesia|first=Sue|last=Nichterlein|publisher=Wiley}} and the Institute of National Legal Development which was tasked with drafting a new civil code before falling ill in 1964.{{cite journal|journal=The American Journal of Comparative Law|title=The Lady and the Banyan Tree: Civil-Law Change in Indonesia}} He also served as the governor of the Lesser Sunda Islands{{cite book|title=The Making of Middle Indonesia: Middle Classes in Kupang town, 1930s-1980s,|page=187|first=Gerry|last=Klinken}}