Djerman Prawirawinata

Djerman Prawirawinata (19 July 1916 — 14 December 1980) was a Sundanese politician who served as the last Minister of State of Pasundan and a member of the People's Representative Council.

Early life Djerman was born on 19 July 1916 in Purwakarta, West Java, Dutch East Indies. He finished his education at the Hollandsch-Inlandsche School in Bandung in 1932 and the Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs section B in Bandung (equivalent to junior high school) in 1936 During a battle with the Dutch forces, Djerman was arrested and became a POW from February 1948 until April 1949.

During his military career, Djerman was involved in the establishment of the Indonesian National Committee of Bandung, the forerunner to the City Council of Bandung. At first, he became the secretary of the committee, then as a member, and later as the Deputy Chairman.

After the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference was signed, a peace treaty was established between the Indonesian and the Dutch forces. Djerman retired from the military following the peace treaty. Djerman held the office for 12 days until the cabinet was dissolved on 23 January 1950. Djerman officially represented the Gerakan Muslimin Indonesia (Indonesian Muslim Movement) in the cabinet. He was instead appointed as the Secretary of the Religion and Information Commissariat in West Java, and as the Head of the Peranakans and Foreigners Affairs of West Java in February 1950.

Djerman ran in the 1955 Indonesian legislative election as a candidate for the People's Representative Council from the Masyumi party, representing West Java. He won a seat in the election and was inaugurated as a member on 24 March 1956. The council was dissolved on 23 July 1959 but Djerman was appointed by the president to a transitional People's Representative Council. He was inaugurated as a member of the transitional People's Representative Council on 12 August 1959 and ended his term on 24 June 1960.

Death Djerman died of stomach cancer at the Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung at 20.00 UTC+7 on 14 December 1980. He was buried at the Sirna Raga public cemetery in a funeral led by E.Z. Mutaqin. At the funeral, Mutaqin announced that the Governor of West Java, Aang Kunaefi, officially designated Djerman as an elder of the West Java province.

Following his death, the Pasundan Torch Foundation announced that the expenses for the education of Djerman's children would be covered by the foundation.

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