J. Soedjati Djiwandono, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Indonesian political scientist
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About J. Soedjati Djiwandono
- Johannes Baptista Soedjati Djiwandono (13 October 1933 – 9 January 2013) was an Indonesian political scientist who helped found the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Jakarta, one of Indonesia's leading think tanks.
- After attending a teacher's training college at his hometown of Yogyakarta, Djiwandono received a Colombo Plan scholarship from the New Zealand government to study at the English Language Institute at Victoria University of Wellington.
- After studying for one year in Wellington, Djiwandono studied Russian and political science at the University of Otago in Dunedin in the South Island.
- His return to Indonesia in January 1966 coincided with the tumultuous Transition to the New Order.After completing his undergraduate studies in New Zealand in October 1965, Djiwandono later completed a MSc and PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics.
- One of his best known studies was Konfrontasi Revisited, which explored Indonesian-Soviet relations during Indonesia's “Confrontation” campaigns against West New Guinea and Malaysia.
- Besides helping to establish the CSIS in 1971, he later served as a Senior fellow at the Research Institute for Democracy and Peace in Indonesia.
- In addition, Djiwandono served as a member of the People's Representative Council and worked for the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
- In addition, Djiwandono was a vocal human rights advocate, critic of Suharto's New Order, and a regular contributor to Indonesia's leading English newspaper, The Jakarta Post.Despite his criticism to Suharto, he was ironically related to the late dictator.
- His brother was former Bank Indonesia governor, J.
- Soedradjad Djiwandono, who is married to Biantiningsih Djojohadikusumo.
- She is the elder sister of Prabowo Subianto, who was married to Suharto's daughter Titiek from 1983 to 1998.
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