Sunarto Sumoprawiro

Sunarto Sumoprawiro (10 November 1944 – 17 February 2003) was an Indonesian politician and retired army officer who was the mayor of Surabaya between 1994 and 2002.

Sunarto Sumoprawiro
Mayor of Surabaya
In office
20 June 1994 – 15 January 2002
Preceded byPoernomo Kasidi
Succeeded byBambang Dwi Hartono
Personal details
Born(1944-11-10)10 November 1944
Surabaya, Japan-occupied Dutch East Indies
Died17 February 2003(2003-02-17) (aged 58)
Melbourne, Australia

Biography

Sumoprawiro was born in Surabaya on 10 November 1944, the fourth children of nine.[1] He served in the Special Forces branch (Kopassus) of the Indonesian Army, retiring with the rank of colonel.[2]

He was first elected as the mayor of Surabaya on 20 June 1994, and was reelected for a second term on 7 February 2000 with the support of the National Awakening Party.[3][4] During his time as mayor, he also was the president of the football club Persebaya.[5] He also came up with the idea for and initiated the construction of the Al-Akbar Mosque, the second largest mosque in Indonesia.[6] In June 2000, he was elected first chairman of the newly formed Association of Indonesia Municipalities or Indonesian City Governments' Association (APEKSI).[7]

Starting around September 2001, he became sick and was treated in a hospital in Melbourne due to a liver illness for a long period, which resulted in the city council impeaching him for the long absence on 15 January 2002 and he was replaced by his deputy Bambang Dwi Hartono.[3][8]

He died in Austin Hospital of Melbourne on 17 February 2003 after falling into a coma.[3] He was buried at Surabaya's Heroes' Cemetery on 20 February.[9]

References
  1. "Sunarto, Walikota Bermasalah". Panji Masyarakat (in Indonesian). Vol. 38. 1995. Sunarto, anak ' keempat dari 9 bersaudara ... Sunarto arek Suroboyo yang lahir 10 Nopem- ber 1944
  2. "Akhirnya, DPRD Surabaya Berhentikan Walikota". Tempo (in Indonesian). 15 July 2003. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. "Meninggal Dunia". Tempo (in Indonesian). 24 February 2003. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. Graf, Arndt; Chua, Beng Huat (2008). Port Cities in Asia and Europe. Routledge. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9781135784799.
  5. "Suporter Persebaya Demo Cak Narto". Media Indonesia (in Indonesian). 22 August 2000. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. Usmani, Ahmad Rofi' (2016). Jejak-Jejak Islam: Kamus Sejarah dan Peradaban Islam dari Masa ke Masa (in Indonesian). Bentang Bunyan. p. 19. ISBN 9786027888791.
  7. "APEKSI - Sejarah". apeksi.net. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  8. "Wali Kota Surabaya Sunarto Dipecat". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). 16 January 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  9. "Sunarto Sumoprawiro Dimakamkan". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). 21 February 2003. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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