User:The man from Gianyar/Amir Sjarifuddin Harahap

Amir Sjarifuddin
Amir Sjarifuddin
	Amir Sjarifuddin, c. 1940s
2nd Prime Minister of Indonesia
	In office; 3 July 1947 – 29 January 1948
Preceded by	Sutan Sjahrir
Succeeded by	Mohammad Hatta
Preceded by
Ministerial offices
2nd Minister of Defense
	In office; 14 November 1945 – 29 January 1948
Preceded by	Supriyadi (died)
Succeeded by	Hamengkubuwono IX
1sr Minister of Information
	In office; 2 September 1945 – 12 March 1946
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Mohammad Natsir
Personal details
Born	27 April 1907; Medan, Sultanate of Deli, Dutch East Indies
Died	19 December 1948 (aged 41); Surakarta, Indonesia
Resting place	Ngaliyan Public Cemetery
Political party	Communist (1935–1948); Gerindo (1937–1942); Socialist (1945–1948);
Spouse	Djaenah Harahap (m. 1935)
Children	6
Alma mater	Rechts Hogeschool (Mr.)
Occupation	Politician; journalist;

Amir Sjarifuddin Harahap (EVO: Amir Sjarifoeddin Harahap; 27 April 1907 – 19 December 1948) was an Indonesian politician and journalist who served as the second prime minister of Indonesia from 1947 until 1948. A leftist,

Born to a noble family in Medan, Amir studied law at the Rechts Hogeschool in Batavia, during which time he became deeply involved in the nationalist movement. After graduating, he worked as a lawyer and helped to establish the Indonesian People's Movement (Gerindo), a nationalist political party, in 1937. He argued that Japanese fascism was a greater danger to Indonesia than Dutch colonialism and organized an underground resistance movement against the Japanese occupation. He was arrested in 1943 and sentenced to death by the Japanese, but was spared through the intercession of Sukarno. Following the proclamation of Indonesian Independence in 1945, he became Minister of Information and co-founded the Socialist Party with Sutan Sjahrir.