Sudi Silalahi (13 July 1949 – 25 October 2021) was an Indonesian politician and

Indonesian army The Indonesian Army ( (TNI-AD), ) is the army, land branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It has an estimated strength of 300,400 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its roots in 1945 when the (TKR) "People's Se ...

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. He was the Secretary of State of the

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from 22 October 2009 to 20 October 2014. He was also the secretary of

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired Indonesian Army, army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president of Ind ...

when

Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president of Indonesia from the m ...

was serving as Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs under the administration of

Megawati Soekarnoputri Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (; born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004 and the eighth vice president under President Abdurrahman Wahid from 1999 to 2001. ...

. In 2012, he was part of the State visit of President

to the United Kingdom. He was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the

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. He was born in

Pematangsiantar Pematangsiantar (sometimes written as Pematang Siantar, acronym PS or ''P. Siantar'', colloquially just Siantar), and also known as the City of Pematangsiantar, is an independent city in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia, surrounded by, but not ...

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. Silalahi died on 25 October 2021, aged 72, from an illness. He was buried the following day in the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery in South Jakarta. The senior Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs,

Mahfud MD Mohammad Mahfud Mahmodin (born 13 May 1957), commonly known as Mahfud MD, is an Indonesian politician, and legal academic who served as the 14th Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024. ...

, led the group of mourners which included

(the sixth president of Indonesia) and his son

Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (born 10 August 1978), commonly referred to as AHY, is an Indonesian politician and former Major (rank), army major who is currently serving as the leader of the Democratic Party (Indonesia), Democratic Party. Serving in ...

(General Secretary of Democratic Party,

Boediono Boediono (Perfected Spelling System, EYD: Budiono, pronounced ; born 25 February 1943) is an Indonesian politician and economist who served as the 11th Vice President of Indonesia, vice president of Indonesia from 2009 to 2014. He became vice pr ...

and

Jusuf Kalla Muhammad Jusuf Kalla (; born 15 May 1942), commonly referred to by his initials JK, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the 10th and 12th vice president of Indonesia, the only vice president in Indonesian history to serve tw ...

(both former vice-presidents of Indonesia), and several ministers who served during the period of the Yudhoyono administration).'Pengayom Itu Berpulang' ather Figure Departs ''Kompas'', 27 October 2021.

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