Soeparto Tjitrodihardjo

Soeparto Tjitrodihardjo (31 July 192921 January 2023) was an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat. He was the Vice Governor of Central Java for development from 1985 until 1990 and the Speaker of Central Java Regional People's Representative Council from 1992 until 1997. He is commonly known as Pak Parto.

Early life and education Soeparto was born in Gunung Pati, Semarang on 31 July 1929 as the oldest child of Tjitrodihardjo and Sumini. His father, Tjitrodihardjo, worked as a teacher and headmaster. Soeparto's younger brother, Sutiyoso, later became the governor of Jakarta and the Director of State Intelligence Agency.

After the revolution ended, Soeparto attended high school in Semarang and completed it in 1951. He then studied governance sciences at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and received a scholarship from the Department of Home Affairs. During his time in the university, Soeparto joined the Indonesian National Student Movement (GMNI, Gerakan Nasional Mahasiswa Indonesia), a student organization affiliated with the Indonesian National Party. In September 1988, Soeparto was nominated as the sole candidate for the chairman of Golkar in Central Java. Despite attempts to nominate an alternative candidate from Golkar members, Soeparto was unanimously selected for the position. He was then sent as the province's delegate to Golkar's party congress in October 1988. In the congress, he led a commission on Golkar's political statement. Soeparto described his commission as "the commission with the most heated debates" amongst other commissions, with 118 proposals coming from 31 different members in a single session. Aside from his involvement in politics, Soeparto also served as the chairman of Central Java's Olympic committee from 1986 until 1992. Upon the end of his term in the council, Soeparto joined the '45 Generation board in Central Java, an organization for Indonesian National Revolution veterans, and became its chairman. He also became Central Java's regional delegate to the People's Consultative Assembly until 1998.

After the fall of Suharto, Soeparto joined Sutiyoso's party, the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI, Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia). He was nominated by the party for the People's Representative Council in the 2004 Indonesian legislative election, but failed to secure a seat. Soeparto was then appointed the chairman of PKPI in Central Java from 2010 until 2015.

Personal life Soeparto was married to Siti Ismiati, a teacher from Temanggung, in 1956. The couple has six children.