Budiman Sudjatmiko

Budiman Sudjatmiko (born 10 March 1970 in Cilacap, Central Java) is an Indonesian activist and politician from Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.[4] He was a political prisoner during the final years of the Suharto regime.

Budiman Sudjatmiko

,M.Sc, M.Phil
Member of People's Representative Council
Representing Jawa Tengah VIII
In office
1 October 2014 – 1 October 2019
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Joko Widodo
ConstituencyJawa Tengah 8 (Kabupaten Banyumas, Kabupaten Cilacap)
Majority68.861 votes
In office
1 Oktober 2009 – 1 Oktober 2014
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
ConstituencyJawa Tengah 8 (Kabupaten Banyumas, Kabupaten Cilacap)
Majority96.830 votes
Personal details
Born
Budiman Sudjatmiko

(1970-03-10) March 10, 1970
Majenang, Cilacap, Jawa Tengah
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyIndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (2004-sekarang)
Partai Rakyat Demokratik (1996–2001)
Spouse(s)Kesi Yovana (m. 2005)
ChildrenPuti Jasmina
Alma materGadjah Mada University
SOAS, University of London[1][2]
Clare Hall, University of Cambridge[1][2][3]
Websitebudimansudjatmiko.net

Early life

Sudjatmiko is the son of Wartono (father) and Sri Sulastri (mother). He attended State Senior High School (SMAN) 5 Kota Bogor in Bogor, West Java province.

Political activism and jail

Budiman studied economics at Gadjah Mada University, where he immersed himself in student movements and started to organize civil movements in Java. Inspired by revolutionary movements, he dropped out of university to focus on a people power movement. He was chairman of the People's Democratic Association (Perhimpunan Rakyat Demokratik), which in July 1996 formed the People's Democratic Party (PRD) -- at a time when it was illegal to form political parties.[5] PRD opposed the regime of long-serving President Suharto.

Shortly after the PRD's declaration, state troops and hired thugs on 27 July 1996 attacked pro-democracy activists during a protest in Central Jakarta, killing at least five people.[6] Budiman was made a scapegoat for the riot and PRD was accused of being a communist organization that had sought to forcibly overthrow the government.[7][8] The military and police sought to arrest Budiman and exerted pressure on his parents. On 5 August 1996, Lieutenant General Syarwan Hamid claimed there were "indications" that Budiman's father was a former member of the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party.[9] Budiman was arrested on 11 August 1996, accused of subversion and insulting the government. In April 1997, he received a 13 year jail sentence. He was released on 10 December 1999, more than one year and six months after Suharto's downfall.[10]

Budiman was a supporter of reformist President Abdurrahman Wahid, who was impeached and removed from power on 23 July 2001 after losing the support of the military and parliament.[11] Prior to Wahid's removal, Budiman was among a group of 40 people -- mostly foreigners -- briefly detained when police and an Islamic militia group raided an anti-globalization conference in Depok on 8 June 2001.[12] Budiman later in 2001 resigned as chairman of PRD.

Post-PRD career

In 2002, Budiman resigned from PRD to pursue a master's degree in political studies at SOAS University of London. He later pursued a Master of Philosophy degree in International Relations at the University of Cambridge.

In December 2004, he joined the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), one of Indonesia's major political parties. On this movement, he commented:

Although there is still much which must be sorted out in terms of professionalism, ethics and morals, in the vision of struggle and other programs within the PDI-P, all of this is a challenge for the PDI-P to become the party of the little people.[13]

He is currently the director of ResPublica Institute, an Indonesian defense think tank.

Education

In addition to studying Economics at Gadjah Mada University, Budiman gained two master's degrees, both in International Relations, from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and at Clare Hall, Cambridge.[14]

References
  1. Budiman Sudjatmiko. diakses dari situs berita merdeka pada 23 Maret 2015
  2. Profil Budiman Sudjatmiko di DCT KPU diakses dari situs KPU pada tanggal 23 Maret 2015
  3. "CUSU-50 hal 11. Diakses dari situs Cambridge University Student's Union pada 23 Maret 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  4. "Profil Budiman Sudjatmiko". budimansudjatmiko.net. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. R. B. Cribb; Audrey Kahin (2004). Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. Scarecrow Press. pp. 327–. ISBN 978-0-8108-4935-8.
  6. Theodore Friend (July 2009). Indonesian Destinies. Harvard University Press. pp. 230–. ISBN 978-0-674-03735-9.
  7. "Wake-up Call, Indonesia's riots call attention to festering problems". Asia Week. 23 August 1996. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  8. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services (1998). East Asian Economic Conditions: Hearing Before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, November 13, 1997. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-0-16-056401-7.
  9. "TOUGH INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE NEEDED TO WIDENING CRACKDOWN". Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  10. Head, Jonathan (10 December 1999). "Indonesia frees last political prisoners". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  11. Mikaela Nyman (2006). Democratising Indonesia: The Challenges of Civil Society in the Era of Reformasi. NIAS Press. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-87-91114-82-3.
  12. Symonds, Peter (14 June 2001). "Indonesian police and thugs break up anti-globalisation conference". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  13. "Budiman Sudjatmiko and 51 activists join Megawati's PDI-P". Detik.com. Asia Pacific Solidarity Network. December 3, 2004. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  14. Institute of Occidental Studies Seminar
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