Susanto Pudjomartono
Indonesian newspaper editor (The Jakarta Post) and diplomat
About Susanto Pudjomartono
Lived 1943 – 2015 (aged 71). Susanto Pudjomartono was an Indonesian journalist and diplomat.
Susanto Pudjomartono (May 18, 1943 – January 14, 2015) was an Indonesian newspaper editor, journalist and diplomat. He served as the second chief editor of The Jakarta Post from 1991 until 2003. Pudjomartono was then appointed as Indonesia's Ambassador to Russia from 2003 to 2008. He was also a co-founder of Indonesia's Editors' Club.
In 1966, Pudjomartono graduated from the School of Social Sciences at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. He began his career at Tempo magazine.
He departed Tempo for The Jakarta Post, which was launched in 1983. Sabam Siagian served as the newspaper's first chief editor from 1983 to 1991. In 1991, Siagian departed the Jakarta Post to become Indonesia's Ambassador to Australia. Susanto Pudjomartono succeeded Siagian as the Jakarta Post's second chief editor.
Pudjomartono served as the Jakarta Post's chief editor in 1991 until 2003. He left the newspaper in 2003 upon his appointed as Indonesia's Ambassador to Russia by President Megawati Soekarnoputri. He served as Ambassador from 2003 to 2008, when he was succeeded by Hamid Awaluddin, a former government minister of law and human rights.
Susanto Pudjomartono died in Jakarta at 3 a.m. on January 14, 2015, at the age of 71. He had suffered from diabetes and had been undergoing kidney dialysis for several years. Pudjomartono, a resident of East Jakarta, was buried in Giritama Cemetery in Bogor, West Java. He was survived by his wife, Erlien.
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Indonesian newspaper editor (The Jakarta Post) and diplomat
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Susanto Pudjomartono was born on 18 May 1943.
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Susanto Pudjomartono died on 14 January 2015.
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