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Eny Karim (22 October 1910 – 5 September 1995), also spelled as Eni Karim, was an Indonesian politician and civil servant from
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who served as Minister of Agriculture under the Second Ali Sastroamidjojo Cabinet, and briefly as governor of North Sumatra in 1963.


Early life

Karim was born in
Batusangkar Batusangkar (''batu'': stone, rock, ''sangkar'': cage) is the capital of the Tanah Datar regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is known as "the city of culture". History The town is near the former seat of the Minangkabau people, Minangkabau roy ...
, today in the
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of
West Sumatra West Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. West Sumatra borders the Indian Ocean to the west, as well as the provinces of ...
, on 22 October 1910. He underwent education in
Bukittinggi Bukittinggi (, Jawi script, Jawi: , formerly ) is the third largest city in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of 111,312 in 2010Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 121,028 in 2020.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. An official es ...
, completing elementary education in 1924, MULO in 1927, and a "nobility school" (MOSVIA) training local nobility to be civil servants in 1931.


Career

After completing school, Karim was assigned by the colonial government to
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, where he worked for eight years before he returned to West Sumatra to be assigned in Solok. After the Japanese invasion, Karim went into hiding for some time as the Japanese sought to capture former colonial officials before a lack of administrative personnel prompted the Japanese to offer Karim his civil servant work back. He was assigned to Bukittinggi in 1943, working there a year before being reassigned to Air Bangis,
West Pasaman Regency West Pasaman Regency () is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 3,887.77 km2, and it had a population of 365,129 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 431,672 at the 2020 Census;Badan P ...
. He returned to Bukittinggi in mid-1945. Following Indonesian independence, Karim began to work under the Indonesian government. He was briefly detained by Masyumi rebels during the 3 March affair, though the rebellion was short-lived and Karim was soon after freed. He served as the secretary to the Republican military governor of Central Sumatra, , between
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and the end of the revolution. He also headed the residency of West Sumatra, under the military governor. For a time, he also taught as a lecturer in a civil servant academy which was established in Bukittinggi. During the post-revolutionary period, Karim was appointed as Minister of Agriculture, representing the
Indonesian National Party The Indonesian National Party (, PNI) was the name used by several nationalist political parties in Indonesia from 1927 until 1973. The first PNI was established by future President Sukarno. After independence, the new PNI supplied a number of pri ...
, for the Second Ali Sastroamidjojo Cabinet. He was dispatched to lead the Indonesian delegation to the
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. In a period of high tensions in West Sumatra, in January 1957 Karim was sent to lead a delegation from the national government to the "Banteng Council". While Karim and his entourage were accepted, the council refused to negotiate with the group. Karim's later press statement in Jakarta received a counterreaction from the council, as Karim claimed that he had negotiated a form of settlement and gave some money to the council. Karim was in Bukittinggi to continue negotiations in February 1958 when the
Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (, PRRI) was a revolutionary government set up in Sumatra to oppose the central government of Indonesia in 1958. Although frequently referred to as the PRRI/Permesta rebellion, the Perm ...
(PRRI) was declared, and he was detained by PRRI. Karim joined the
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after his ministerial career, becoming the director for general governance in 1959, and later the ministry's secretary-general by 1962. After the post of secretary general was abolished,' Karim was installed as the assistant to the minister of general governance and regional autonomy for administration affairs on 8 January 1963. He was appointed acting governor of
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several months later on 8 April 1963, replacing
Raja Junjungan Lubis Raja Junjungan Lubis (21 August 1906 — ?) was an Indonesian Mandailing people, Mandailing politician who became the Regent of Batanggadis, Regent of Central Tapanuli, Mayor of Sibolga, Governor of North Sumatra, and member of the People's Repres ...
who was facing significant opposition from the
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. He held this post until a new governor was elected and sworn in by the provincial legislature on 15 July 1963. He was retired as a civil servant in 1967. He died on 5 September 1995 in
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, and was buried at the Karet Cemetery.


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