Sosrodiningrat V (1 December 1902 – 8 February 1967) was a nobleman within theSurakarta Sunanate, serving as itspepatih dalem between 1939 and 1945. He was also a member of theInvestigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence, and served in various posts within the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
Sosrodiningrat was bornSawarno on 1 December 1902 inSurakarta. His father, Djojonagaro, waspatih under Surakarta's Sunanate. Sawarno was educated at anEuropeesche Lagere School in Surakarta, before continuing to aHogere Burgerschool inSemarang and graduating in 1913. Afterwards, Sawarno studied in the Netherlands, at theDelft Institute of Technology. However, his engineering studies were interrupted by theFirst World War, and after it ended in 1918 Sawarno moved toLeiden University to study public administration. Graduating with his bachelors in 1921, he returned to the Indies in 1922.[1]
After returning, he became a civil servant within the colonial government, first inBoyolali before being relocated toWonogiri in 1925. In 1926, he was assigned to Surakarta's Land Office. His five-year contract with the colonial government expired in 1927, and he began to work within the Sunanate. He was appointed as under-regent and received the titleRaden Mas Tumenggung Sosrowadono. His other assignments included being an agricultural attache inPurwodadi, working inSemarang's municipal police, and becoming an aide to the regent ofSurakarta. He returned to Leiden in 1932, receiving his doctorate in 1935 and returning to Surakarta to become head of the Sunanate's revenue office. He was given a regent title in 1936, and following his father's death in 1939 he became the Sunanate'spepatih dalem as Kanjeng Mas Raden Adipati Sosrodiningrat V.[1]
During theJapanese occupation, Sosrodiningrat was first appointed as a member of theCentral Advisory Council (Chūō San'gi In), before becoming a member of theInvestigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence.[1] On 17 October 1945, during the chaos in the early days of theIndonesian National Revolution, he was kidnapped by anti-feudal groups and held inEast Java. Surakarta had previously proposed that the region be integrated within the nascent Republic as an autonomous region, but unlike nearbyYogyakarta, the region could not maintain order and the Sunanate was later dissolved. Sosrodiningrat was released in January 1946.[2][3]
Following his release, Sosrodiningrat was appointed by the Indonesian government to head the newly formedBank Negara Indonesia's Surakarta branch, and he worked in the bank until 1950. In 1951, he became an adviser to the SultanHamengkubuwono IX ofYogyakarta, and in 1956 he also became an adviser for theMinistry of Home Affairs.[1] He also consulted the presidential office on state protocols[2] and lectured in various universities and academies in Surakarta. He was head of the faculty of economics at theIslamic University of Indonesia and head of the faculty of education at theMuhammadiyah University of Surakarta. He died on 8 February 1967, and was buried at the Imogiri Cemetery Complex in Yogyakarta.[1]