Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya

Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya (10 August 1944 – 2 January 2021) was an Indonesian politician who served as the minister of cooperatives and small business in Suharto's sixth and seventh cabinets from 1993 until 1998.

Early life and education Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya was born on 10 August 1944, in the Cilacap Regency during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. He was the son of a Javanese couple, Soewarko and Rudiastuti.

He began his elementary education in Cilacap in 1953, and graduated in 1956. He continued his study at the State Junior High School No. 1 in Cilacap from 1956 to 1959, and at the State High School No.1 in Cilacap from 1959 to 1962. After he finished high school, he moved to Jakarta and enrolled at the Faculty of Economics of the Christian University of Indonesia, where he was accepted as a student and studied in the university from 1962 until 1972.

Further education Tjakrawerdaya enrolled at the National Resilience Institute in 1985. He graduated in 1986

During his term as minister, Tjakrawerdaya was closely associated with Suharto's children and their businesses. Tjakrawerdaya allowed Tommy Suharto, Suharto's youngest son, to exercise monopoly on the clove trade in Indonesia.

In 1996, Tjakrawerdaya ran as a candidate for the People's Representative Council in the Lampung constituency. Tjakrawerdaya won a seat and became a member of the People's Representative Council since 1 October 1997. Since then, Tjakrawerdaya concurrently held office as a minister and an MP. He relieved his membership in the People's Representative Council after his second appointment as minister. Wahid responded by stating that the council is an advisory body and could not directly influence any presidential decisions.

At the 2004 Indonesian legislative election, Tjakrawerdaya nominated himself as the member of the Regional Representative Council for the Central Java constituency, number 25. Tjakrawerdaya went in the 16th place and obtained 315,191 votes — 2.01% of the total votes — in the election. He did not win any seats in the election.

Arrest Tjakrawerdaya was accused of corrupting funds totalling 20 trillion rupiahs from the Employees Cooperative of the Cooperatives Department. He was brought to the Jakarta Police headquarters on the morning of 18 March 2002 and was investigated for 13 hours. He was arrested that night.

Death Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia and was brought to the Simprug Extension Hospital, a temporary hospital built by the Pertamina Central Hospital to treat COVID-19 patients. Tjakrawerdaya died at 23:15 on 2 January 2021, at the hospital.

Awards Subiakto was awarded the Development Medal (Satyalancana Pembangunan) in 1986.