Surachman Tjokroadisurjo | |
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 Portrait, c. 1946 | |
| 4th Minister of Finance | |
| In office 8 December 1945 – 2 October 1946 | |
| Prime Minister | Sutan Sjahrir |
| Preceded by | Sunarjo Kolopaking |
| Succeeded by | Sjafruddin Prawiranegara |
| 1st Minister of Welfare | |
| In office 19 August 1945 – 14 November 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Darmawan Mangunkusumo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Panji Surachman Tjokroadisurjo 30 August 1894 Wonosobo, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 16 November 1952 (aged 58) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Delft Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | |
Panji Surachman Tjokroadisurjo (30 August 1894 – 16 November 1952) was an Indonesian politician and academic. He served in a number of cabinets during the Indonesian National Revolution, as the Minister of Welfare and later the Minister of Finance.
Born in Wonosobo, he studied chemical engineering at the Delft Institute of Technology in the Netherlands. He returned to the East Indies in 1920, and worked for the Dutch government until the Japanese invasion. Following the proclamation of independence, he was appointed as Minister for Economic Affairs in the Presidential Cabinet. However, he only served for two months before being appointed Minister of Finance in the First and Second Sjahrir Cabinets. He remained active in government afterwards, and was appointed as the first Rector of the University of Indonesia. He died in 1952 during a diplomatic mission to the Netherlands.