Chairul Saleh

Chairul Saleh
Chairul Saleh (unknown year)
1 Speaker of Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly
In office 1960–1966
President	Soekarno
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Abdul Harris Nasution
6 Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia
In office 28 February 1960 – 27 August 1964
President	Soekarno
Preceded by	Suharto
Succeeded by	Hadi Thayeb
1 Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia
In office 10 July 1959 – 27 August 1964
President	Soekarno
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Armunanto
Personal details
Born	September 13, 1916(1916-09-13) Sawahlunto, Sumatera Barat, Dutch East Indies
Died	February 8, 1967(1967-02-08) (aged 50) Jakarta, Indonesia

Chairul Saleh Dt Paduko Rajo (September 13, 1916 – February 8, 1967) was born in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra. He was an Indonesian government minister and vice prime minister during the Sukarno presidency. He was a close confident of Sukarno, who he had helped persuade to declare Indonesian independence in 1945. He lived in the Netherlands from 1952–1953, but returned to Indonesia after being expelled. He joined Sukarno's circle of advisers in 1955. ^[1]

One week before the abortive coup on 30 September 1965, Saleh went to China with a delegation of 45 to celebrate China's national day on 1 October.^[2] He is buried in Karet Bivak Cemetery, Central Jakarta.

References

• http://web.archive.org/web/20091027085922/http://geocities.com/forumleuven/artikel/chairul.html
• Ricklefs (1982), A History of Modern Indonesia, Macmillan Southeast Asian reprint, ISBN 0-333-24380-3

Notes

1. ^ Ricklefs (1982) p264
2. ^ Hughes, John (2002), The End of Sukarno – A Coup that Misfired: A Purge that Ran Wild, Archipelago Press, p. 20, ISBN 981-4068-65-9

Persondata
Name	Saleh, Chairul
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	13 September 1916
Place of birth	Sawahlunto, Sumatera Barat, Dutch East Indies
Date of death	8 February 1967
Place of death	Jakarta, Indonesia