Soeroso

Who is Soeroso?

Raden Panji Soeroso was a politician, Sarekat Islam activist, and a National Hero of Indonesia. He served as Governor of Central Java and Minister of Public Works and Manpower under the Greater Indonesian Party. He was also a vice chairman of BPUPKI and a member of PPKI. He was the founder of the Civil Servants Cooperative Republic of Indonesia. Soeroso was born in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies. Soeroso was posthumously honored as Indonesia's National Hero through Presidential Decree on October 23, 1986. He died in Indonesia.