Sodjuangon Situmorang

Sodjuangon Situmorang (born 7 June 1950) is an Indonesia bureaucrat who worked in the Department of Internal Affairs and briefly in the office of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs as a deputy. Sodjuangan also held office as the acting governor of Central Kalimantan in 2005 and Papua in 2006.

DR. Drs. Sodjuangon Situmorang M.Si.
Director General of Regional Autonomy
In office 7 January 2008 – 7 June 2010
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by	Kausar Ali Saleh
Succeeded by	Diah Anggraeni (acting) Djohermansyah Djohan
Governor of Papua (acting)
In office 9 January 2006 – 25 July 2006
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by	Jacobus Perviddya Solossa Andi Baso Bassaleng (acting)
Succeeded by	Barnabas Suebu
Director General of Public Government
In office 12 May 2005 – 7 January 2008
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by	Oentarto Sindung Mawardi
Succeeded by	Kausar Ali Saleh
Governor of Central Kalimantan (acting)
In office 23 March 2005 – 4 August 2005
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by	Asmawi Agani
Succeeded by	Agustin Teras Narang
Director General of Population Administration
In office 19 October 2004 – 12 May 2005
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by	Rohadi
Succeeded by	Abdul Rasjid Saleh
Personal details
Born	June 7, 1950 Tarutung, North Tapanuli, Indonesia
Spouse(s)	Maria Endah Retno Susilawati

Early life and education

Sodjuangon was born on 7 June 1950 in Tarutung, which was part of the North Tapanuli Regency in North Sumatra.[1]

Sodjuangan was a graduate of the Administration Faculty of the University of Indonesia. He continued his studies at the National Resilience Institute in 1997 and graduated in 1999.[2]

Career

Prior to his appointment as a director general in 2004, Sodjuangan worked at various levels in the Department of Internal Affairs. He started his career at the inspectorate general of the department, where he became the assistant inspector for government affairs to the Inspector for the 5th Region. Sodjuangan was later promoted and held office as the Inspector for Region V and later as the Region VII. Sodjuangan was later promoted again, and became the inspector general for the regional government in the Directorate General of Public and Regional Government.[1]

After being relieved from inspectorate offices, Sodjuangan was appointed as the secretary to the Director General of Public and Regional Government. He was later posted to the Minister of Internal Affairs at that time, Hari Sabarno, in which he became Hari's expert staff on governance and later on law and politics. After his stint as an expert staff, he was appointed as the deputy to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs.[1]

Sodjuangan was appointed as a member of the investigation team for the Maluku sectarian conflict on 14 January 2002, representing the Communion of Churches in Indonesia.[3] He signed the Malino II Accord as a mediator.[4]

On 19 October 2004, Sodjuangan was inaugurated as Director General of Population Administration, replacing Rohadi.[5] Shortly afterwards, he was also appointed as the chairman of the Aceh Assistance Team, which was tasked to complete the bill on Aceh autonomy.[6] The team attempted to include a clause on pemekaran (province split) in the bill[7] but it was not approved by the legislature in the final law.[8]

Sodjuangan assumed office as the Acting Governor of West Kalimantan on 23 March 2005[9] after the previous governor, Asmawi Agani, decided to ran in the Central Kalimantan gubernatorial election.[10] Sodjuangan's main task as acting governor was to supervise and execute the gubernatorial election.[9] Agani lost the elections to Agustin Teras Narang[11] and Sodjuangan handed over the governorship to Narang on 4 August 2005.[12]

In the midst of his tenure as acting governor, Sodjuangan was sworn in as the director general of public government on 12 May 2005.[13] Several months into his new office, he was already named as a candidate for the acting governor of Papua after Governor JP Solossa announced his candidacy in the gubernatorial election.[14] However, due to the lengthy bureaucracy, the election could not be held in the scheduled timespace, and Solossa's term was extended on 23 November 2005.[15] Solossa suddenly died in office on 19 December[16] and his regional secretary, Andi Baso Bassaleng, succeeded him as an acting governor the day after.[17] Sodjuangan replaced Bassaleng as acting governor on 9 January 2006.[18] His main task was identical to his previous tenure as acting governor.[2]

The gubernatorial election was held three months after Sodjuangan took office. Barnabas Suebu, who had previously served as governor, won the elections, and Sodjuangan transferred his office to Suebu after the latter's inauguration on 25 July. Aside from handling elections, Sodjuangan was

On 7 January 2008, Sodjuangan became the Director General of Regional Autonomy.[19]

Sodjuangan reached the mandatory age of retirement on 7 June 2010 and subsequently resigned from his office. His office was assumed temporarily by the ministry's secretary general Diah Anggraeni.[20]

Later life

After his resignation, Sodjuangan became a president commissioner in the International Biometrics Indonesia.[21]

Personal life

Sodjuangan is married to Maria Endah Retno Susilawati.[1]

Sodjuangan is a Protestant Christian.[1] As of 2019, he attended mass at the Menara Iman Protestant Church in Western Indonesia.[22]

Works

• Situmorang, Sodjuangan (1995). Biaya transaksi ekonomi Badan Usaha Milik Daerah: Studi kasus Badan Usaha Milik Daerah berbentuk perusahaan daerah dan perseroan terbatas di lingkungan DKI Jakarta (Doctorandus thesis). University of Indonesia.
• Situmorang, Sodjuangan (2002). Model pembagian urusan pemerintahan antara pemerintah, provinsi, dan kabupaten/kota (Doctorate thesis). University of Indonesia.
• Situmorang, Sodjuangon (7 November 2007). "Sinergi LAKIP – LPJ bagi Perwujudan Akuntabilitas" (PDF). Pusdiklatwas BPKP.[23]

References

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2. "Sodjuangon Situmorang, 56 tahun". Tempo. 2006-01-16. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
3. osd; t-05; wis (14 June 2002). "Tim Penyelidik Maluku Dipimpin Orang Bali". Kompas. Retrieved 3 February 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Awaludin, Hamid. Perdamaian Ala JK: Poso Tenang, Ambon Damai. Grasindo. p. 164. ISBN 978-979-025-771-9.
5. vin;sie (20 October 2004). "Sehari Menjelang Masa Tugas Usai, Mendagri Diam-diam Lantik Beberapa Pejabat Eselon I". Kompas. Retrieved 3 February 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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8. "Otonomi Khusus Bagi Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Aceh Sebagai Provinsi Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam" [Special Autonomy for the Province of the Special Region of Aceh as the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam]. Law No. 18 of 2001 (PDF) (in Indonesian). People's Representative Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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14. "KEMUNGKINAN CARETAKER PAPUA, DITJEN PUM DEPDAGRI". Government of Papua. 17 December 2005. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
15. "GUBERNUR DAN WAKIL GUBERNUR TETAP MELAKSANAKAN TUGAS PEMERINTAHAN". Government of Papua. 2005. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
16. "Warga Jayapura Curigai Kematian JP Solossa". detiknews (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
17. "Sekda Andi Baso Basaleng Jadi Pelaksana Tugas Gubernur Papua". detiknews (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
18. JUM/Tim Liputan 6 SCTV (2006-01-10). "Pejabat Gubernur Papua Dilantik". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
19. Rosidi, Iman; Trijaya (2008-01-07). "Mendagri Lantik 4 Pejabat Eselon Satu : Okezone News". OkeNews (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
20. fas (2010-10-07). "Djohermansyah Djohan Jadi Dirjen Otda". www.jpnn.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
21. "Board Members". interBio. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
22. "NAMA-NAMA JEMAAT YANG BERULANG TAHUN KELAHIRAN" (PDF). GPIB Menara Iman. 2 June 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
23. Date of publication is available at https://pusdiklatwas.bpkp.go.id/listberita/show/K002/80 Archived 2021-02-04 at the Wayback Machine