Surachman Tjokroadisurjo

Surachman Tjokroadisurjo
Portrait
Portrait, c. 1946
4th Minister of Finance
In office
8 December 1945 – 2 October 1946
Prime MinisterSutan Sjahrir
Preceded bySunarjo Kolopaking
Succeeded bySjafruddin Prawiranegara
1st Minister of Welfare
In office
19 August 1945 – 14 November 1945
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byDarmawan Mangunkusumo
Personal details
Born
Panji Surachman Tjokroadisurjo

(1894-08-30)30 August 1894
Wonosobo, Dutch East Indies
Died16 November 1952(1952-11-16) (aged 58)
The Hague, Netherlands
Alma materDelft 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.