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Amir Sjarifuddin

1907 - 1948

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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 major leader of the left wing during the Indonesian National Revolution, he previously served as Minister of Information from 1945 until 1946 and Minister of Defense from 1945 until 1948. Amir was born into the Sumatran aristocracy and was educated at Leiden University. At Leiden, he became a member of the board of the Gymnasium student association in Haarlem and was involved in the Batak student organization Jong Batak. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amir Sjarifuddin is the 16,326th most popular politician (down from 12,802nd in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 46th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indonesian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 16,326 out of 19,576. Before him are Viktor Putyatin, Vasily Perovsky, Donald Kalpokas, Ljupčo Jordanovski, Virginia Raggi, and Heiko Maas. After him are Östen Undén, Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja, Sæberht of Essex, Ernest Shonekan, Manuel Murillo Toro, and Anthony W. Gardiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 343. Before him are John Cody, Gumercindo Gómez, Grahame Clark, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, Eduardo Reyes Ortiz, and Arturo Rodríguez. After him are Bob Tisdall, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Barbara Kent, Art Babbitt, N. G. L. Hammond, and Jacques Barzun. Among people deceased in 1948, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 180. Before him are George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, Samuel P. Bush, George Mehnert, Vasily Kachalov, Elissa Landi, and Claude McKay. After him are Carl Abrahamsson, Arthur Whitten Brown, Franz Weidenreich, Frank Benford, Susan Glaspell, and Edgar Kennedy.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 82 out of 158. Before him are Xaviera Hollander (1943), Taco (1955), Achmad Nawir (1912), Agnez Mo (1986), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), and Adriaan Fokker (1887). After him are Lien Gisolf (1910), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Ruurd Leegstra (1877), Iko Uwais (1983), Usmar Ismail (1921), and Jeroen Brouwers (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 27. Before him are Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892), Mohammad Natsir (1908), Hamengkubuwono IX (1912), D. N. Aidit (1923), Hamengkubuwono X (1946), and Ali Sastroamidjojo (1903). After him are Retno Marsudi (1962), Anies Baswedan (1969), Susi Pudjiastuti (1965), Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966), Marty Natalegawa (1963), and Lilies Handayani (1965).

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