Dadang Suprayogi

Dadang Suprayogi (or Suprajogi, 12 April 1914 – 13 September 1998) was an Indonesian military officer and politician. He served in the Indonesian Army, primarily in Kodam III/Siliwangi, before he was appointed minister under Sukarno in 1958. He served as minister of production, and later minister of public works, until 1966. Afterwards, he chaired the Audit Board of Indonesia for a time before participating and leading sports organizations in Indonesia, including heading the National Sports Committee of Indonesia and representing the country in the International Olympic Committee.

Early life and education Suprayogi was born in Bandung on 12 April 1914. He studied at a Middelbare Handelsschool (equivalent of a high school) there, majoring in economics.

Career Early and military career He began working as a clerk at Bandung's municipal government in 1935 until the Japanese takeover in 1942, during which he was promoted to financial inspector for the city. In the succeeding First Working Cabinet, he was appointed a full Minister of Production, and in the Second Working Cabinet he had been promoted to brigadier general while maintaining his ministerial post. The Third Working Cabinet saw Suprayogi's office being elevated to Coordinating Minister, at a time when he had been promoted to major general. He also held a secondary office as Minister of Public Works and Power in the Third Working Cabinet.

During Suprayogi's tenure as public works minister, he oversaw several large-scale projects such as the construction of the Jatiluhur Dam, the Ngurah Rai Airport, the Ampera Bridge, and construction in Jakarta related to the 1962 Asian Games (such as the Semanggi Interchange and the Senayan Sports Complex). He remained chairman until his replacement by Umar Wirahadikusumah in 1973.

Sports organizations During his tenure as minister of production, he was also chairman of the Swimming Association of Indonesia (PRSI) and within this capacity Suprayogi in 1960 proposed a national centralized training system (Indonesian: Pemusatan Latihan Nasional, abbreviated as Pelatnas), which was implemented in the leadup to the 1962 Asian Games. This system later became the core of the Indonesian sports teams in international competitions. He would serve as PRSI's chairman between 1953 and 1983, and he was awarded the title "Father of Indonesian Swimming" during PRSI's 1983 congress. He had stated his intentions to not continue his tenure prior to the congress, as he thought he had held the position for too long.

After concluding his ministerial career in the 1970s, Suprayogi became active in sports, and became daily chairman of the National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI), He would serve in this position until 1986. He was also appointed to replace Hamengkubuwono as Indonesia's representative to the International Olympic Committee in 1973, and remained at the IOC until his retirement in 1989.