Tadjus Sobirin (born 2 February 1940) is an Indonesian former military officer and politician who was the regent of

Tangerang Regency Tangerang Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency (''kabupaten'') of Banten Province, Indonesia. It is located in the northwest of the island of Java. Though commonly misunderstood as being a part of Jakarta, Tangerang is actually outside Jakart ...

between 1983 and 1993.

Biography

Sobirin was born in

Cirebon Cirebon (, formerly rendered Cheribon or Chirebon in English) is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java. It is the only coastal city of West Java, located about 40 km west of the provincial border with Central J ...

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, on 2 February 1940. He enrolled at the

Indonesian Military Academy The Military Academy ( or ) is a service academy of the Indonesian Army, part of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Academy (). Founded on the early stages of the Indonesian Revolutionary War and located in the city of Magelang in Central J ...

Magelang Magelang () is one of six cities in Central Java, the Central Java Province of Indonesia that are administratively independent of the regencies in which they lie geographically. Each of these cities is governed by a mayor rather than a Subdivi ...

, graduating in 1964 and being assigned to the

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units of the

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. He was sworn in as Tangerang's regent in March 1983. During one occasion in 1984, Sobirin personally beat up a policeman who were restricting entry for his motorcade into an unopened toll road. Due to this incident, there were reports that the Armed Forces considered to revoke his rank, but no such penalties occurred. His policies as regent included the implementation of a waste retribution fee for all households in the regency, and the development of the planned area Bumi Serpong Damai within the regency. At the end of his tenure on 14 March 1993, the municipal council failed to elect the next regent on time, and hence his term was slightly extended. Following the expiry of his term, he was appointed by the armed forces commander as expert staff for economic and financial affairs. Sobirin retired from the armed forces with the rank of brigadier general in November 1993 and was subsequently elected as chairman for Golkar's Jakarta branch. He held the position until 2001 when he resigned. He also served within the

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, and was a delegate to the

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representing Jakarta. Following the

fall of Suharto On 21 May 1998, Suharto resigned as president of Indonesia following protests and riots across the country against his regime. His vice president, B. J. Habibie, took over the presidency. Suharto's grip on power weakened following severe ...

, Sobirin called for then-chairman of Golkar Harmoko to step down, saying that Harmoko had betrayed

Suharto Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian Officer (armed forces), military officer and politician, and dictator, who was the second and longest serving president of Indonesia, serving from 1967 to 1998. His 32 years rule, cha ...

by asking for the latter to resign the presidency. Suharto later resign and was replaced by Habibie. Several days after his ascension to power, Habibie gave Tadjus a honorary promotion to the rank of major general along with several other Golkar branch chairman. As of 2019, Sobirin remained involved in Golkar's politics.

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