Tan Po Goan (Chinese: 陈宝源, 1911–1985), sometimes spelled Tan Po Gwan, was a Chinese Indonesian lawyer and Socialist Party of Indonesia politician. He was a Minister without portfolio representing the Chinese community in the Third Sjahrir Cabinet (1946–7).
Tan Po Goan | |
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陈宝源 | |
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| Born | 24 October 1911 Cianjur, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | November 1985 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer, politician, writer |
Biography
Tan Po Goan was born in Cianjur, Batavia Residency, Dutch East Indies (now in West Java, Indonesia) on 24 October 1911.[1][2] He was educated at an Algemene middelbare school in Bandung.[2] He studied law at the Rechtshoogeschool te Batavia, the precursor to today's Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia.[2]
In October 1946 he was appointed a Minister without portfolio representing the Chinese community in the Third Sjahrir Cabinet.[3] The purpose of his appointment was partly to try and work through the difficult relations between native Indonesians and Chinese Indonesians during the war against the Dutch.[4] It was received positively by Sin Po as more than a token gesture by the Republican government.
He was appointed on 3 March 1947 to the 47-member Working Committee of the Central Indonesian National Committee (KNIP), again representing the Chinese community.[5] He died in Sydney in November 1985.[2] This was the fifth meeting of the KNIP which met in Malang and ratified the Linggadjati Agreement.
Following the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference in 1949 and the Provisional Constitution of 1950, KNIP was expanded into the Provisional House of Representatives and a number of former KNIP members were appointed to it. Tan joined as a representative of the 15-member Socialist Party of Indonesia faction under Soebadio Sastrosatomo.[6]
References
- ^ Fractions and sections in the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia and a short biography of the chairman, vice chairmen and members of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia on August 1, 1954. Jakarta: Indonesia. Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat. 1954. p. 29.
- ^ a b c d Suryadinata, Leo (1995). Prominent Indonesian Chinese: biographical sketches. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 176. ISBN 9789813055032.
- ^ Kahin, George McTurnan (1952). Nationalism and revolution in Indonesia. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press. p. 195.
- ^ "Indonesia". The China Weekly Review. 103 (7): 204. 19 October 1946.
- ^ Kahin, George McTurnan (1952). Nationalism and revolution in Indonesia. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press. p. 205.
- ^ Fractions and sections in the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia and a short biography of the chairman, vice chairmen and members of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia on August 1, 1954. Jakarta: Indonesia. Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat. 1954. p. 4.