Anak Agung Bagus Suteja | |
|---|---|
| ᬅᬦᬓ᭄ᬅᬕᬸᬗ᭄ᬩᬕᬸᬲ᭄ᬲᬸᬢᬾᬚ | |
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| Governor of Bali | |
| In office 1959–1965 | |
| Preceded by | I Gusti Bagus Oka |
| Succeeded by | I Gusti Putu Martha |
| Resident of Bali | |
| In office 1950–1958 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | I Gusti Bagus Oka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1923-01-13)13 January 1923 Mendoyo [id],Jembrana,Bali,Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 29 July 1966(1966-07-29) (aged 43) (disappeared) Jakarta, Indonesia |
Anak Agung Bagus Sutedja (13 January 1923 – 29 July 1966?) was the first governor ofBali, appointed by PresidentSukarno in 1958, when Bali became a province.[1]
Sutdeja was born in Mendoyo, Bali on 13 January 1923. He was the son of the lastRaja ofJembrana, the late Anak Agung Bagus Negara, and was raised in Royal Palace Negara, Jembrana. During theJapanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, he joinedHeiho.[2]
Anak Agung Bagus Sutedja was influenced by nationalist ideas from his school years. After August 1945 he was actively involved with the Republicans in theIndonesian Revolution that strove to expel theDutch. The Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him in 1948–49. After Indonesian independence he was appointed regional head (kepala daerah) of Bali by President Sukarno. As an administrator he was known as an incorruptible leftist idealist. Known as a "favoured son" of Sukarno, he was appointed governor when Bali became a province of its own in 1958. He tried to stay above politics, but was sympathetic towards theCommunist Party of Indonesia (PKI).[3] After thecoup events inJakarta in 1965, Sutedja was summoned to Jakarta for consultations, and replaced as governor in December that year. On 29 July 1966, four fully-armed soldiers came to his house inSenayan,South Jakarta saying they were taking him to meet with an infantry colonel. He said goodbye to his family, and was never seen again. His political opponent, theIndonesian National Party (PNI), subsequently claimed that Sutedja had opted fornyupat, or voluntary execution, in an effort to end theviolence then sweeping Bali, and was stabbed to death outside Jakarta.[4][5][6]
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