Cosmas Batubara

Cosmas Batubara
Cosmas Batubara
	Official portrait, 1983
Minister of Manpower
	In office; 21 March 1988 – 17 March 1993
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Sudomo
Succeeded by	Abdul Latief
State Minister for People's Housing
	In office; 16 March 1983 – 21 March 1988
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Siswono Yudohusodo
Junior Minister for People's Housing
	In office; 22 April 1978 – 16 March 1983
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	John Wempi Wetipo (as Vice Minister of Public Works and People's Housing)
Personal details
Born	19 September 1938; Pulau Saribu, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Died	8 August 2019 (aged 80); Jakarta, Indonesia
Party	Golkar
Spouse	R. A. Cypriana Hadiwijono
Alma mater	University of Indonesia
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Politician; bussinessman;
Known for	Anti-communist activism, Co-founder of KAMI

Cosmas Batubara (19 September 1938 – 8 August 2019) was an Indonesian politician. He was chairman and the co-founder of KAMI, an Indonesian anti-communist student group. He was one of the strongest proponents for the banning of the Communist Party of Indonesia and the arrest of fifteen ministers, including Subandrio.^[1]

Batubara was a parliament member from 1967–1978. He was appointed the Junior Minister of Housing in Suharto's Third Development Cabinet in 1978 and the State Minister of Housing in the 1983 Fourth Development Cabinet. In 1988, he was appointed the Minister of Manpower in the Fifth Development Cabinet. In 1991, he was appointed President of the International Labour Organization.^[1]

Honours

Nagional

Indonesia :
- Star of Mahaputera, Adipradana (17 August 1982)^[2]

Foreign

South Korea :
- Heungin Medal of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit^[3]

References

1 2 Clancy, Gregory Bruce (1992). A Dictionary of Indonesian History Since 1900. Sydney, Australia: Sunda Publications. p. 18.
↑ "Daftar WNI yang Mendapat Tanda Kehormatan Bintang Mahaputera tahun 1959 s.d. 2003" (PDF). Sekretariat Negara Republik Indonesia (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
↑ Lembaga Pemilihan Umum 1988, p. 616-617.

External links

[clancy-1] 1 2 Clancy, Gregory Bruce (1992). A Dictionary of Indonesian History Since 1900. Sydney, Australia: Sunda Publications. p. 18.

[2] "Daftar WNI yang Mendapat Tanda Kehormatan Bintang Mahaputera tahun 1959 s.d. 2003" (PDF). Sekretariat Negara Republik Indonesia (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

[FOOTNOTELembaga_Pemilihan_Umum1988616-617-3] Lembaga Pemilihan Umum 1988, p. 616-617.

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Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	United States Netherlands
Other	IdRef Yale LUX

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