Maria Antonia Astrid Sunarti Susanto (also known as Astrid Susanto-Sunario) -- deputy chairwoman of

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of the Indonesian legislature, the

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—was born 4 January 1936 in

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, South Celebes (now

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(now

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) and died on 13 April 2006 in

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. She was also a professor in the Department of International Relations at the

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. Susanto received her M.Phil. at the

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, then-West Germany, in 1960 and a Ph.D. in Mass Communications at the

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in 1964.

Career

* Dean of the publication faculty, Padjajaran University,

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(1971–1975) * Adjunct Professor, Communications and Developmental Sociology,

(1976–2006) * Head of the Bureau of the Study of Cultures in the Ministry of National Development (1974–1983) * Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Development (1983–1988) * Member,

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from Utusan Golongan (1987–1992) * Member, PDKB DPR/MPR faction (2002) * Member, Kesatuan Bangsa Kebangsaan Indonesia (F-KKI) faction (2002–2004) * Adjunct Professor, in the post graduate program (S-2 dan S-3) -

; Sahid University,

; and Hasannudin University,

Family

Susanto was the second daughter of Soenario, S.H. (1902–1997), a former Indonesian

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, and Dina Maria Geraldine Maranta (née Pantouw) Soenario (?-1995). Her husband was Ir. Bambang Susanto. She had two sons and one daughtern. Susanto's older sister is Sunaryati Hartono, vice-chairman of the National Ombudsman Commission of Indonesia.

Bibliography

* ''The Mass Communication System in Indonesia'' (1974) ASIN B0006XEDWM * (With Simeon Itlay, Benny Hilapok, Nico Aso-Iokobal, Herman Peters and Frans Lieshout) ''Kebudayaan Jayawijaya dalam pembangunan bangsa'' (''Culture of Kabupaten Jayawijaya with modernization process and traditional value system; papers of a seminar'') (1993) * ''Pembangunan masyarakat pedesaan: Suatu telaah analitis masyarakat Wamena, Irian Jaya'' (''Study on socio-culture of Dani and Baliem ethnic groups in the context of rural community development in Wamena, Irian Jaya Province'') (1994) * ''Masyarakat Indonesia memasuki abad ke dua puluh satu'' (''Social, political, and cultural conditions of Indonesia in the 21st century'') (1999)

References

1936 births 2006 deaths People from Makassar Javanese people Minahasa people Sastrowardoyo family Indonesian Christians University of Münster alumni Free University of Berlin alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia) Indonesian writers Indonesian women writers {{Indonesia-writer-stub