Hadi Utomo (August 15, 1945 in

Semarang Semarang (Javanese script, Javanese: , ''Kutha Semarang'') is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Netherlands, Dutch Dutch East Indies, colonial era, and is still an important regio ...

– January 15, 2017 in

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) was the second chairman of the

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from 2005 to 2010. He was a retired

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. Hadi Utomo was the brother-in-law of Indonesia's 6th president

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Early life and career

He was born on August 15, 1945. Hadi Utomo is one of the Democratic Party (PD) cadres who previously served as deputy secretary general of the Central Executive Board (DPP) from 2001 to 2005. Through the Democratic Party, he elected as one of the members House of Representatives (DPR) of the Republic of

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from 2004 to 2009. In 2005, he was elected and served as DPP chairman of the Democratic Party until 2010. Before serving as a representative of the people in the House of Representatives, he was in the military officer. In 1970, Utomo joined the

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. The highest rank he got was as a

, specifically army infantry colonel (AD). He continued his military education by joining the Military Law School in 1998. He married Mastuti Rahayu, daughter of

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. On January 15, 2017, he died in

, from

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. He was buried in the village of Klepu in Pringapus Subdistrict,

Semarang Regency Semarang is a landlocked Regencies of Indonesia, regency () in Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,019.27 km2 and had a population of 930,727 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,053,094 at the ...

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References

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