Miriam Budiardjo

Miriam Budiardjo (20 November 1923, Kediri – 8 January 2007, Jakarta) was an Indonesian political scientist and diplomat. Budiardjo was Deputy Chair of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights, and she has been credited with co-founding the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Indonesia, of which she was Dean for 5 years. She was the first woman to serve as a diplomat for Indonesia, which she represented in several countries including India and the United States. She then earned a doctorate from the University of Indonesia, where she then joined the faculty. That textbook was widely used, with more than 20 printings. and one in 1956 regarding the provisional parliament of Indonesia. From 1993 to 1998, Budiardjo worked as Deputy Chair of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights. She was buried on 9 January at Gritama Cemetery.

Selected awards Bintang Jasa, Star of Service (id), Government of Indonesia (1975) Bintang Mahaputera Utama (id), Great Mahaputera Star, Government of Indonesia (1998)