Radjamin Purba

Radjamin Purba (22 December 192816 February 1977) was an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the Regent of Simalungun from 1960 until 1973.

Early life and career Radjamin Purba was born on 22 December 1928, at Bangunpurba, a small village in Haranggaol, Simalungun. He was born as the son of Djaingon Purba and Rosmainta Saragih.

Military career During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Purba worked as an employee in the government's office on Pematangsiantar. Following the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, Purba resigned from his job and entered the fledgling armed forces of Indonesia with the rank of first lieutenant. A year later, in 1946, Purba was sent on a trip to study at the Military Academy in Jogjakarta. Two year later, he graduated from the academy, and became the member of a program to reduce the size of the army by retaining only professional soldiers.

In November 1949, Purba became a liaison officer for Sumatran affairs in Yogyakarta. At the same time, he was also appointed as the member of the Central Joint Board for prisoner of war affairs. After the end of the Indonesian National Revolution, Purba was appointed as a military officer which handled personalia affairs.

Following the implementation of the Re-Ra policy (Reorganization and Rationalization), Purba was demoted to Second Lieutenant in 1951. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1953 when he enrolled in the Military Law Academy. He graduated from the academy in 1956 with the rank of Captain and a law degree. He moved to Sumatra, and became a staff in the Regional War Authority of North Sumatra. He briefly became an officer at the Indonesian Army Law Service before being assigned to the post of the Regent of Simalungun. and a hall in the Simalungun University was named after him. The university also erected a full body statue of Purba in May 2012. The street in front of the university was also named after him.

Personal life Purba was married to Nana Kencana, a West Javanese aristocrat, in 1958. The marriage resulted in six children, namely Budi Raja Manggala, Darmayanti, Pandu Manap Radja, Suhaerani, Kurniaty, and Adi Radjadiningrat.

Purba was a Protestant Christian.

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