Sujamto

Sujamto (14 August 193410 June 1994) was an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat. He was Central Java's provincial secretary from 1989 to 1990 and vice governor from 1990 until his death 1994.

Early life and education Sujamto was born in Sukoharjo on 14 August 1934. His family later moved to Surakarta and he spent most of his childhood in the city. He completed his basic education at the Taman Siswa school in 1949, 6th Surakarta State Junior High School in 1952, and 1st Surakarta State High School in 1955. He then studied agriculture at the Gadjah Mada University and graduated with an engineer's (Ir.) degree in 1961.

Career After graduating from the university, Sujamto worked as a lecturer in the university, where he taught plant breeding until 1965. He was also a visiting lecturer at the North-Southeast Sulawesi University (later renamed to Sam Ratulangi University) from 1962 until 1964. After working as inspector for different regions, Sujamto was promoted to the position of the secretary of the inspectorate general, the second highest position in the inspectorate general of the Department of Home Affairs. Sujamto held this position for eight years until 1987 and under four different inspector generals. He then became the secretary of the directorate general of general governance and regional autonomy from 1987 until 1989. He then became the vice governor of Central Java for development affairs on 21 November 1990, replacing Soeparto Tjitrodihardjo. His portofolio was later changed to the vice governor for governance affairs.