Soeraedi Tahsin

Soeraedi Tahsin (born July 6 in Pandeglang, died February 25, 2003, in Amsterdam), also known as Eddie Soeraedi, was an Indonesian journalist and diplomat. He was the founding editor of the publication Berita Indonesia ('Indonesian News'), the first republican newspaper in Batavia.

Biography Tahsin served as the editor-in-chief of Bintang Timur, the daily newspaper of the Indonesian Party (Partindo). As of 1958 he was the general secretary of the Union of Indonesian Journalists (PWI).

In 1964 he was named ambassador of Indonesia to Mali by President Sukarno. The Indonesian government withdrew his citizenship soon after the coup, leaving him stranded in Beijing.

Tahsin later moved to the Netherlands, entering the country illegally in 1977. He taught the Indonesian language at the Volksuniversiteit and started a publishing house–bookstore, named Manus Amici, in Amsterdam in 1981. He died in Amsterdam in 2003.