Soepomo's Profile

SOEPOMO PROFILES

Name               : Soepomo

Date of Birth   : January 22, 1903

Place of Birth  : Sukoharjo, Central Java, Dutch East Indies

Zodiac             : Aquarius

Died                : Jakarta, September 12, 1958 (age 55)

Tomb               : Family funeral in Yosoroto village, Sala

Citizens           : Indonesian

Religion           : Islam

Soepomo Profiles

The national hero who was the originator and architect of the 1945 Constitution was known as Prof. Mr. Soepomo. He was a legal expert in the first generation who had existed when Indonesia was independent. In the biography of Soepomo, during his lifetime until the end of his life he was also successive and played a role in the formation of a national system. The name Soepomo is often heard when studying in primary and secondary schools. The following will review the history of him, so that you can find out clearly and recall the life journey of Soepomo when liberating Indonesia.

Prof. Mr. Soepomo was born in the city of Sukoharjo, Central Java on January 22, 1903. In the biography of Soepomo it was mentioned that he was born to the aristocrat aristocratic family of Java. His mother's grandfather was Raden Tumenggung Wirjodirodjo, Nayak regent from Sragen. While his father's grandfather was Raden Tumenggung Reksowardono, regent of Anom Sukaharjo in his heyday. In 1917 the hero Soepomo was fortunate to have a family from a Priyayi family, so he had the opportunity to be able to explore education in ELS, a school that is on the same level as an elementary school in the Boyolali area. Then in 1920 Soepomo continued his education at MULO in the city of Solo. After that he continued his legal education at the Bataviasche Rechtsschool in Batavia and graduated in 1923. Then he was appointed by the Dutch colonial government officials to be assisted by the chairman of the Sragen district court in 1977. Then between 1924 and 1927, he had the opportunity to continued his studies at Leiden's Rijksuniversiteit in the Netherlands guided by Cornelis van Vollenhoven. He is an architectural law professor who is known as a figure in Indonesian customary law and a legal expert in the field of international law, which is one of the conceptors of the Indonesian Nation League.

In 1927 in the biography of Soepomo it was also explained that he had held a title as a doctor with the title of his dissertation, Reorganisatie van het Agrarisch Stelsel in het Gewest Soerakarta (Reorganization of the Agrarian System in the Surakarta Region). In his dissertation, Soepomo not only examines the existence of traditional agrarian systems but also examines colonial laws related to defense in the Surakarta area. By using Dutch language that is written subtly and indirectly and uses its colonial arguments, Soepomo's criticism of colonial discourses is about the process of agrarian transition in his dissertation.

In the biography of Soepomo about Dutch language which is related to these criticisms, which basically when expressing its colonial criticism, Soepomo laid down his ethics when writing the subjectivity of the argument. This can be seen in Frans Magnis-Suseno's book on Javanese ethics and Ben Anderson's book on Language and Power, as a benchmark for Javanese ethics to understand the strategy and perspective of Soepomo's agency.

Almost not found in Soepomo's biography, except for one essay by Soegito (1977) which states that based on the department of education and culture, Marsilam Simanjutak said that Soepomo was the source of the emergence of fascism in Indonesia because of Soepomo's admiration for the Japanese and German government systems. Simanjuntak considered that the new order state of Soeharto's general was a form of state whose government system was closest to Soepomo. However, this needs to be considered and debated again. Soepomo died at a young age due to a heart attack he suffered. He died on 12 September 1959 in Jakarta and was buried in the Solo area. Hopefully the information above can provide an overview and discourse for the reader.

Soepomo's Education

• ELS (Europeesche Lagere School) di Boyolali (1917)

• MULO (Meer Uitgebreid Lagere Onderwijs) di Solo (1920)

• Bataviasche Rechtsschool di Batavia (lulus tahun 1923)

• Rijksuniversiteit Leiden / Leiden University (1924)

Career Soepomo

•         Employees who are seconded to the Yogyakarta District Court

•         Member of the Business Investigation Agency Preparing for Indonesian Independence (BPUPKI)

•         Members of the Indonesian Independence Preparatory Committee (PPKI)

•         Chairperson of the Small Committee for Designing the Constitution

•         The minister of Justice

•         Chancellor of the University of Indonesia (1951-1954)

Soepomo Award

• National Independence Hero Degree (1965)

Such is the review of Biography Soepomo, the originator and architect of the 1945 Constitution together with Mohammad Yamin and Soekarno, who BiografiPahlawan.com had shared with the readers. Hopefully the presence of the biography above can help readers to get to know more about the figure of Soepomo.