Subekti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Subekti

Indonesian judge (1914-1992)

Date of Birth: 14-May-1914

Place of Birth: Surakarta, Indonesia

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1992

Profession: judge

Nationality: Indonesia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Subekti (1914-1992) was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia. 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.
Among the reasons for Sukarno's rejection was the false accusation that Subekti played poker, viewed as an immoral act unbefitting a judge.
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.