Mohammad Roem | |
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_in_het_kabinet_Sja,_Bestanddeelnr_11871.jpg) Roem in 1947 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia | |
| In office 24 March 1956 – 9 January 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Ali Sastroamidjojo |
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| Succeeded by | Idham Chalid |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 3 April 1952 – 30 July 1953 | |
| Prime Minister | Wilopo |
| Preceded by | Iskaq Tjokroadisurjo |
| Succeeded by | Hazairin |
| In office 11 November 1947 – 23 January 1948 | |
| Prime Minister | Amir Sjarifuddin |
| Preceded by | Wondoamiseno |
| Succeeded by | Soekiman Wirjosandjojo |
| In office 2 October 1946 – 26 June 1947 | |
| Prime Minister | Sutan Sjahrir |
| Preceded by | Sudarsono |
| Succeeded by | Wondoamiseno |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 September 1950 – 20 March 1951 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Natsir |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hatta |
| Succeeded by | Achmad Soebardjo |
| State Minister | |
| In office 20 December 1949 – 15 August 1950 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Hatta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1908 Parakan, Temanggung, Kedu Residency, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 24 September 1983 (aged 75) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Political party | Masyumi (1945–1960) |
| Alma mater | Rechts Hogeschool (Mr.) |
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Mohammad Roem (EYD: Mohammad Rum; 16 May 1908 – 24 September 1983) was an Indonesian politician and diplomat. He served in various positions during his career in government, including as Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia. He played a central role in negotiating the Roem–Van Roijen Agreement during the Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949), which laid the groundwork for the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference wherein the Dutch finally recognized the sovereignty of Indonesia.
Born into a Javanese family, Roem studied law at the Rechts Hogeschool in Batavia (now Jakarta), during which time he had become politically active in the nationalist movement. After graduating, he worked as a lawyer during the Japanese occupation period (1942–1945). Following the proclamation of independence in 1945, Roem joined the newly formed Republican government where he emerged as an able diplomat and became the Republic's principal negotiator with the Dutch. After the handover of sovereignty in 1949, Roem remained active in politics and the Masyumi Party. Opposed to President Sukarno's Guided Democracy, he was arrested and jailed in 1961. Following his release in 1966, after Sukarno fell from power, he was elected chairman of the Parmusi Party (Masyumi's successor). However, he was prevented from taking office by the new regime. He devoted most of his remaining years to studying and writing. He died in 1983.