G. M. Soeparmin

G. M. Soeparmin (15 October 192125 February 1983) was an Indonesian military officer who became a member of the People's Representative Council from 1971 until 1977.

Early life Soeparmin was born on 15 October 1921 in the city of Malang. He began his education at the Hollands Inlandsche School (Dutch school for indigenous Indonesians) and finished in 1935. He then continued to the Meer Uitgebried Lager Onderwijs (Junior High School) and graduated in 1939.

Military career

Soeparmin entered the military during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and served in the Japanese-sponsored Defenders of the Homeland. After Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945, Soeparmin joined the newly formed Indonesian Army and served as a company commander from 1951. He was promoted afterward and commanded several battalions from 1951 until 1957.

Soeparmin was rotated again after serving as deputy head for about four years. On 12 September 1969, he became the Deputy Head of the Indonesian Army History Center. His brief stint in the military history center ended in October 1971 after his appointment as a member of the People's Representative Council from the armed forces group.

During his tenure as a member of parliament, Soeparmin was promoted from colonel to brigadier general.

Later life and death After his retirement from the parliament and military, Soeparmin became a Manggala (lecturer) at the BP-7 (Center for Socialization and Internalization of the State Ideology Pancasila). He died on 25 February 1983 in Jakarta.

Religious life Soeparmin was a Roman Catholic.