Anak Agung Bagus Sutedja (1923 – 29 July 1966?) was the first governor of Bali, appointed by President Sukarno in 1958, when Bali became a province.[1] He was the son of the last Raja of Jembrana, the late Anak Agung Bagus Negara.

Anak Agung Bagus Sutedja

Anak Agung Bagus Sutedja was influenced by nationalist ideas from his school years. After August 1945 he was actively involved with the Republicans in the Indonesian Revolution that strove to expel the Dutch. The Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him in 1948–49. After Indonesian independence he was appointed regional head (kepala daerah) of Bali by President Sukarno. As an administrator he was known as an incorruptible leftist idealist. Known as a "favoured son" of Sukarno, he was appointed governor when Bali became a province of its own in 1958. He tried to stay above politics, but was sympathetic towards the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI).[2] After the coup events in Jakarta in 1965, Sutedja was summoned to Jakarta for consultations, and replaced as governor in December that year. On 29 July 1966, four fully-armed soldiers came to his house in Senayan, South Jakarta saying they were taking him to meet with an infantry colonel. He said goodbye to his family, and was never seen again. His political opponent, the Indonesian National Party (PNI), subsequently claimed that Sutedja had opted for nyupat, or voluntary execution, in an effort to end the violence then sweeping Bali, and was stabbed to death outside Jakarta.[3][4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ Pringle 2004, p. 167.
  2. ^ Robinson 2008, p. 183-184.
  3. ^ Hägerdal 2002, p. 176-181.
  4. ^ Icha Rastika 2015.
  5. ^ Robinson 2008, p. 301.

References

  • Hägerdal, Hans (21 July 2002). "Periphery and bridgehead: A synthesis of West Balinese history". Indonesia and the Malay World. 30 (87): 145–192. doi:10.1080/1363981022000005262. S2CID 153397245.
  • Icha Rastika (1 October 2015). "Kisah Tujuh Gubernur yang Dituduh Terlibat Gerakan PKI Dibukukan" [The Story of Seven Governors Accused of Involvement in the PKI Made into a Book]. Kompas (in Indonesian).
  • Pringle, Robert (2004). A Short History of Bali, Indonesia's Hindu Realm. Short History of Asia Series. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-863-3.
  • Robinson, Geoffrey (April 1988). "State, Society and Political Conflict in Bali, 1945-1946" (PDF). Indonesia. 45: 1–48. doi:10.2307/3351174. hdl:1813/53879. JSTOR 3351174.
  • Robinson, Geoffrey (2008) [1981]. The Dark Side of Paradise: Political Violence in Bali (4th ed.). London: Cornell university Press. ISBN 978-0-230-54685-1.
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