Suryatna Subrata

Suryatna Subrata (1939 – 5 April 2024) was an Indonesian military officer, bureaucrat and politician. He was a member of the Supreme Advisory Council between 1998 and 2003, and had previously become secretary-general of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Vice Governor of West Java.

Early life Suryatna Subrata was born in Cianjur, in what is today West Java province, in 1939. After completing high school, he enrolled at the Army Academy, graduating as part of the class of 1961. He would later also study at the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College and at the National Resilience Institute. In 1978, he was assigned to the Philippines as defense attache, remaining there until 1981. He held the final rank of honorary lieutenant general. He held the post until 1992, and his replacement, Achmad Sampurna, was appointed on 27 October 1992. In May 1993, he was appointed secretary-general of the Department of Home Affairs, serving until April 1998.

He served as a member of the Supreme Advisory Council between 1998 and 2003.

Later life and death He died on 5 April 2024 at the Dustira hospital in Cimahi, West Java. He was buried at his family's cemetery in Bandung.