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Amir Sjarifuddin

1907 - 1948

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Amir Sjarifuddin Harahap (EVO: Amir Sjarifoeddin Harahap; 27 April 1907 – 19 December 1948) was an Indonesian politician and journalist who served as the second prime minister of Indonesia from 1947 until 1948. A major leader of the left wing during the Indonesian National Revolution, he previously served as Minister of Information from 1945 until 1946 and Minister of Defense from 1945 until 1948. Amir was born into the Sumatran aristocracy and was educated at Leiden University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amir Sjarifuddin has received more than 180,591 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Amir Sjarifuddin is the 12,804th most popular politician (down from 12,385th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 47th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Indonesian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 12,804 out of 19,576Before him are John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Litokwa Tomeing, Manuel Gómez Pedraza, Paul Cambon, Johannes Virolainen, and Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. After him are Corina Casanova, Mohsen Rezaee, Jan Piotr Sapieha, Atanasio Aguirre, Frank Hsieh, and Kamran Mirza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 208Before him are Edmond Delfour, Luigi Beccali, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Germán Suárez Flamerich, Paula Wessely, and Juan Carlos Corazzo. After him are Vladimir Veksler, Ilia Vekua, Israel Regardie, Gordon Douglas, Gene Autry, and Jean Aerts. Among people deceased in 1948, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 127Before him are August Hlond, František Svoboda, Carole Landis, Sylvanus Morley, Edgar Leonard, and C. Aubrey Smith. After him are George Horine, Emmy Hennings, Lajos Bíró, Elsa Brändström, Siegmund von Hausegger, and Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 46 out of 158Before him are Hamengkubuwono X (1946), Pattimura (1783), Anneke Grönloh (1942), Sudirman (1916), Agus Salim (1884), and I Gusti Ngurah Rai (1917). After him are Xenia Stad-de Jong (1922), Amir Hamzah (1911), Arie de Jong (1865), Boediono (1943), Chairil Anwar (1922), and Wage Rudolf Supratman (1903).

Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Amir Sjarifuddin ranks 24Before him are Tan Malaka (1897), D. N. Aidit (1923), Sutan Sjahrir (1909), Fatmawati (1923), Hamengkubuwono X (1946), and Agus Salim (1884). After him are Mohammad Natsir (1908), Anies Baswedan (1969), Ali Sastroamidjojo (1903), Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892), Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966), and Retno Marsudi (1962).