Subekti

Subekti (1914-1992) was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia.

Subekti
4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia
In office August 1968 – January 1974
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Suryadi
Succeeded by	Umar Seno Aji
Personal details
Born	14 May 1914 Surakarta, Central Java, Dutch East Indies
Died	9 December 1992 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Citizenship	Indonesian
Nationality	Indonesian

Although Subekti had initially been in consideration for the position of the country's third chief justice, then-President Sukarno chose Subekti's predecessor, Suryadi, against the recommendations of the Parliament of Indonesia.[1] Among the reasons for Sukarno's rejection was the false accusation that Subekti played poker, viewed as an immoral act unbefitting a judge.[2] Suryadi fell into conflict with the Indonesian Judges Association (of which he'd been a founding member) as well as parliament; he resigned under President Suharto, after which parliament promptly appointed Subekti as chief justice.[3]

Works

• The law of contracts in Indonesia: remedies of breach. Kwitang: Gunung Agung (bookstore), 1989. ISBN 9789794121375

References

1. Sebastian Pompe, The Indonesian Supreme Court: A Study of Institutional Collapse, pg. 83. Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Program, 2005. ISBN 9780877277385
2. Sebastian Pompe, The Indonesian Supreme Court, pg. 82.
3. Sebastian Pompe, The Indonesian Supreme Court, pg. 86.