Marsillam Simanjuntak (born 23 February 1943 in
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
) is a retired
Indonesian politician who served as
Secretary of the Cabinet
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from January 2000, as
Minister of Justice
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from June 2001, and as
Attorney General of Indonesia
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between July 2001 and August 2001.
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Simanjuntak graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Indonesia
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in 1971. In 1974 he was held in a military detention center over his alleged involvement in the Malari incident. He was never prosecuted during or after his detention.
In October 2006 Simanjuntak was appointed President of the Presidential Working Unit Management and Reform Programme (UKP3R).
Footnotes
Living people
1943 births
Attorneys General of Indonesia
University of Indonesia alumni
People from Yogyakarta
People of Batak descent
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