Achmad Sujudi

Achmad Sujudi (11 April 1941 – 2 May 2023) was an Indonesian physician who served as Indonesia's health minister from 1999 until 2004. Previously, he had been appointed to lead several government hospitals and became a director general in the Department of Health.

Early life and education Achmad Sujudi was born on 11 April 1941 in Bondowoso, East Java . His parents, Musdari Darmoprawiro and Kusniati, worked as teachers at the local people's school (equivalent to elementary school). As his parents were teachers, he was immediately put at the 3rd grade in the people's school and completed his basic education in 1954. In addition to attending formal schools, he was also educated in madrasa and pesantren.

Sujudi continued his education at the Bondowoso State Junior High School in 1957, Later in 1960, he attended the Malang State High School, which was considered the best high school in East Java.

Sujudi left the Buru island in 1973 to work as a surgeon at the Persahabatan public hospital in Jakarta. After six years there, he returned to the University of Indonesia and studied surgery for about a year until 1980. Sujudi himself wanted to be transferred away from Bengkulu, but Governor Soeprapto insisted that he should remain there, stating a reduction in complaints from patients during his leadership of the hospital.

Sujudi died on the morning of 2 May 2023 at the Pondok Indah Hospital in South Tangerang, Banten . He was 82. Prior to his death, Sujudi suffered a stroke in early 2023. Several former and incumbent officials, including health ministers Budi Gunadi Sadikin and , paid their final homages at Sujudi's house. His body was interred a day later at the Karawang Public Cemetery.