Idrus Nasir Djajadiningrat Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rear admiral
Raden Bagus Idrus Nasir Djajadiningrat
Honorific-Suffix:M.A.
Order:7th
Ambassador From:Indonesia
Country:Belgium
Term Start:1968
Term End:1970
Predecessor:Aboeprajitno
Successor:Chaidir Anwar Sani
Order2:9th
Ambassador From2:Indonesia
Country2:Soviet Union
Term Start2:1976
Term End2:1980
Predecessor2:Suryono Darusman
Successor2:R.M Mohammad Choesin
Birth Date:4 June 1920
Birth Place:Serang, Banten, Dutch East Indies
Death Place:Jakarta
Nationality:Indonesian
Spouse:Elise Wihelmina Loedin
Children:
  • Raden Andra Madita Kala Djajadiningrat
  • Raden Ayu Kamarina Laurentia Aisya Djajadiningrat
  • Raden Ayu Laurentina Maryam Nurul 'Ain Djajadiningrat
Resting Place:Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery[1]
Alma Mater:STOVIA
Cornell University
Blank1:Other name
Data1:Didi Djajadiningrat
Blank2:Ethnicity
Data2:Bantenese
Relations:Erna Djajadiningrat (sister)
Hussein Jayadiningrat (uncle)
Maria Ulfah Santoso (cousin)
Parents:Ahmad Jayadiningrat (father)
Raden Ajeng Suwitaningrat Sastradipura (mother)
Nickname:R.B.N. Djajadiningrat
Allegiance: Indonesia
Branch: Indonesian Navy
Battles:Indonesian National Revolution

Rear admiral Raden Bagus Idrus Nasir Djajadiningrat, M.A. (EYD: Jayadiningrat; June 4, 1920 – August 24, 1980) also known as Didi Djajadiningrat was an Indonesian diplomat and navy officer. He also joined as a fighter for Indonesian independence in 1945 during colonial times. During the New Order period, he later became the People's Representative Council member of the ABRI fraction from Golkar appointed by Suharto.

Biography

Early life

R.B.I.N. "Didi" was born from the Djajadiningrat family in Serang, Banten as the seventh child of eight children.[2] One of his sisters, Erna Djajadiningrat became the first woman to receive the Guerilla Star award for her services during the struggle for Indonesian independence.[3]

His father was Ahmad Jayadiningrat, a Bantenese nobleman who became Regent of Serang period 1901–1927. While his mother was Raden Ajeng Suwitaningrat Sastradipura, a daughter of nobles of Singaperbangsa descent, first Duke of Karawang period 1633–1677.

Education

Djajadiningrat began his formal education at the Carpentier Alting Stichting Nassau School (CAS), then proceeded to the Hogere Burgerschool (HBS) level in Batavia. After completing his HBS, he then continued his education to Geneeskundige Hoogeschool te Batavia (GHS, Medical College) which during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies renamed Ika Daigaku.[4] However, after the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence he did not continue his studies at the Faculty of Medicine, but served as a member of the Ministry of Information and became an English broadcaster on Radio Republik Indonesia.

Djajadiningrat continued his master's degree at Cornell University, United States majoring in Political Science. He graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1957.

Personal life

Djajadiningrat married Elise Wihelmina Loedin and has three children: Raden Andra Madita Kala Djajadiningrat, Raden Ayu Kamarina Laurentia Aisya Djajadiningrat, and Raden Ayu Laurentina Maryam Nurul 'Ain Djajadiningrat.[5]

Career

Military career

Pre-independence

Djajadiningrat obtained his military education at Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine (KIM) Surabaya, an officer education place founded by Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich as a branch of the central KIM in Den Helder, Netherlands. He was a cadet of the 1940 generation, which in August 1940 was recruited to be educated for two years with 39 other cadets.

On December 8, 1941, the Dutch declared war with Japan. Three months after that Japan succeeded in occupying the Dutch East Indies, so the cadets who were conducting an officer's education were rushed to Colombo, Ceylon. Djajadiningrat along with other cadets of the 1940 generation who were educated in Colombo and following onboard operations were later appointed to be KM (Koninklijk Marine) officers on March 1, 1943. In 1945, he joined with other fighters for Indonesian independence from the Japanese occupation.

Post independence

When the transfer of the capital of the Republic of Indonesia from Jakarta to Yogyakarta in 1946, Djajadiningrat along with other Indonesian Army also moved to the city.

During the Indonesian National Revolution from 1945 to the transfer of sovereignty and the formation of the United States of Indonesia under the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference on 27 December 1949, within the ranks of Navy military personnel in BKR, TKR, TNI and / or ALRI there were only two Navy officers: R. Soebijakto and RBN Djajadiningrat.

On August 5, 1947, the Operation Product concluded with the Renville Agreement signed on 17 January 1948 on the deck of the US warship, USS Renville, but the relationship between the Republic of Indonesia and the Netherlands remained unresolved. Diplomatic negotiations under the supervision of the Committee of Good Offices for Indonesia (consisting of the United States, Australia, and Belgium) are deadlocked, even the Dutch are preparing to attack the Republic of Indonesia again. The Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia devised a plan to deal with possible Dutch attacks. Finally, R. Soebijakto as the Chief of Staff of the Navy moved the General Headquarters of the Indonesian Navy (MBU-ALRI) to Aceh.[6] On December 1, 1948, R. Soebijakto and his staff members departed from Yogyakarta to the area. In connection with his departure, R. Subijakto appointed Djajadiningrat (then a Lieutenant colonel) as Vice Chief of Staff of the Navy in Yogyakarta.

As a group of Vice Chief of Staff of the Navy, Lieutenant colonel R.B.N. Djajadiningrat along with several of his staff officers joined the Djawa Command Headquarters (MBKD: Markas Besar Komando Djawa) under the command of Colonel Abdul Haris Nasution who is based in Prambanan, Sleman Regency. Djajadiningrat was then appointed as MBKD Chief of Staff, while another group of staff consisting of MBU-ALRI Yogyakarta officers stationed in Imogiri to communicate with ALRI forces located around Gunungkidul Regency.

Political career

In the early days of Indonesian Independence, Djajadiningrat has become a member of the Ministry of Information. In addition, he also served as Director General of Demobilization Affairs of the Department of Transmigration, Veterans and Demobilization in Revised Ampera Cabinet in 1967. However, based on Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia no. 34 Year 1968, his post as Director General of Demobilization Affairs was replaced by Arifin Syukur for his expertise as a diplomat was needed by the government.[7]

As a diplomat, Djajadiningrat was ever be the Indonesian Ambassador to Belgium in Brussels for the period 1968-1970[8] and the Indonesian Ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow for the period 1976–1980.[9]

In 1971, based on a decree no. 20 / LPU / 1971 dated 8 October 1971, Djajadiningrat was appointed by Suharto to become a member of the People's Representative Council from the ABRI fraction of the Golkar.

In 1973, Djajadiningrat served as Director General of Political Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Second Development Cabinet.[10]

Notable works

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daftar Makam tahun 1995-1996 . List of Tombs 1995-1996 . Pahlawan Center . Directorate of Heroism, Pioneer, Solidarity and Social Restoration; Ministry of Social Affairs of Indonesia . Jakarta . https://web.archive.org/web/20180107075057/https://pahlawancenter.com/daftar-makam-provinsi/jakarta/tmpn-utama-kalibata/daftar-makam-tahun-1995-1996/ . 2018-01-07 . 2018-01-07 .
  2. Web site: Muthalib . Erni . Silsilah Panembahan Singaperbangsa . 2012-04-19 . Genealogy of Panembahan Singaperbangsa . Silsilah Keluarga . https://web.archive.org/web/20180105182309/http://silsilah-ernimuthalib.blogspot.co.id/2012/04/?m=1 . 2018-01-05 . 2018-01-05.
  3. Web site: Janti . Nur . Perempuan Pertama Penerima Bintang Gerilya . 2017-07-17 . First Woman to Receive the Guerilla Star . Historia . https://web.archive.org/web/20180105182746/http://historia.id/persona/perempuan-pertama-penerima-bintang-gerilya . 2018-01-05 . 2018-01-05 .
  4. Prior to 1927, GHS (later Ika Daigaku) was known as STOVIA. Then in the early days of Indonesian independence was renamed "Perguruan Tinggi Kedokteran Republik Indonesia" (Indonesian: the Medical College of the Republic of Indonesia). However, since February 2, 1950, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia turned it into the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia
  5. Web site: Muthalib . Erni . Silsilah Panembahan Singaperbangsa . 2013-04-18 . Genealogy of Panembahan Singaperbangsa . Silsilah Keluarga . https://web.archive.org/web/20180106091906/http://silsilah-ernimuthalib.blogspot.co.id/2013/04/silsilah-panembahan-singaperbangsa-2013.html?m=1 . 2018-01-06 . 2018-01-06.
  6. Web site: List of National Heroes of Indonesia: Laksamana Laut R. Eddy Martadinata . Pahlawan Center . Directorate of Heroism, Pioneer, Solidarity and Social Restoration; Ministry of Social Affairs of Indonesia . Jakarta . https://web.archive.org/web/20180107065518/https://pahlawancenter.com/laksamana-laut-r-eddy-martadinata/ . 2018-01-07 . 2018-01-07 .
  7. Web site: Keputusan Presiden Republik Indonesia No. 34 Tahun 1968 . Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia no. 34 Year 1968 . Jakarta . Information System of Legislation, Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia . https://web.archive.org/web/20180107103340/http://sipuu.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/14163/Keppres0341968.htm . 2018-01-07 . 2018-01-07 .
  8. Web site: Mantan Duta Besar . Former Ambassador . Brussels . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170610120306/http://www.kemlu.go.id/brussels/Pages/mantan-dubes.aspx . 2017-06-10 . 2018-01-07 . live .
  9. Web site: Sejarah KBRI Moskow . History of Embassy of Indonesia in Moscow . Moscow . . https://web.archive.org/web/20151024025800/http://www.kemlu.go.id/moscow/Pages/AboutUs.aspx?IDP=1&l=id . 2015-10-24 . 2018-01-07 . live .
  10. Web site: Keputusan Presiden Republik Indonesia No. 1 Tahun 1976 . Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia no. 1 Year 1976 . Jakarta . Information System of Legislation, Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia . https://web.archive.org/web/20180107111110/http://sipuu.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/580/KP0011976.htm . 2018-01-07 . 2018-01-07 .