Budiman Sudjatmiko (born in Cilacap, Indonesia 10 March 1970) is an Indonesian activist and politician. Cilacap or Tjilatjap is a sea port on the southern coast of the island of Java in Indonesia. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Biography

He is the son of Wartono (father) and Sri Sulastri (mother). When he was just a high school student, he began to create discussion forum on politics, which is an unpopular move during Soeharto dictatorial regime.^{[citation needed]} He pursued Economics in Gajah Mada University where he immersed himself with leftist student movements and started to organize peasants movements in Java. Inspired by revolutionary movement, he dropped out of college to focus in leftist movement, and became a chairman of People's Democratic Association (Perhimpunan Rakyat Demokratik). In July 1996, he founded the People's Democratic Party and led street demonstration in Jakarta.^{[citation needed]} General Suharto (born June 8, 1921) was an Indonesian dictator and military strongman. ... The Gadjah Mada University (Indonesian: Universitas Gadjah Mada or UGM) is the largest university in Indonesia in terms of student population. ... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (Sri Lanka) Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (India) Peoples Democratic Party (India) Peoples Democratic Party (Jordan) Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) Peoples Democratic Party (Serbia) Peoples Democratic Party (Tajikistan) Peoples Democratic Party (Tonga) Peoples Democratic Party (Ukraine... Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...

Shortly after the party declaration, 27 July Riot took place. Sudjatmiko was accused as riot perpetrator by the Soeharto government, and then arrested in August 1996.^{[citation needed]} He received 13 years jail sentence, but then released in 10 December 1999 after Soeharto's downfall. He then continued as the chairman of the party until 2001. General Suharto (born June 8, 1921) was an Indonesian dictator and military strongman. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 2002, after resigning from his chairman position and leaving his party, he obtained Chevening Scholarship to pursue Master degree in Department of Political Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies. He continued to pursue MPhil degree in University of Cambridge. Chevening, also known as Chevening House, is a country house in the parish of Chevening, Kent, in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Cambridge (usually abbreviated as Cantab. ...

In December 2004, he joined Indonesian Democratic Party, which is one of the major party in Indonesia. On this movement, he commented: The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) was created from a fusion of the three secular parties: the Indonesian Nationalist Party (PNI), the League of the Supporters of Indonesian Independence (IPKI), and the Party of the Masses (Partai Murba)and two Christian parties: the Indonesian Christian Party (Partindo) and the Catholic Party...

Although there is still much which must be sorted out in terms of professionalism, ethics and morals, in the vision of struggle and other programs within the PDI-P, all of this is a challenge for the PDI-P to become the party of the little people.

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He is currently the director of Res Publica Institute, an Indonesian defense think tank.

In July 2005, he is married to Kesi Yovana, an activist of Imparsial (Indonesian Human Rights Monitor). They have one daughter, Kharisma Sudjatmiko.

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