Subekti

Subekti
4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia
In office
August 1968  January 1974
President Suharto
Preceded by Suryadi
Succeeded by Umar Seno Aji
Personal details
Born 14 May 1914
Surakarta, Central Java, Dutch East Indies
Died 9 December 1992
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Citizenship Indonesian
Nationality Indonesian
Religion Islam

Subekti (1914-1992) was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia.

Although Subekti had initially been in consideration for the position of the country's third chief justice, then-President Sukarno chose Subekti's predecessor, Suryadi, against the recommendations of the Parliament of Indonesia.[1] Among the reasons for Sukarno's rejection was the false accusation that Subekti played poker, viewed as an immoral act unbefitting a judge.[2] Suryadi fell into conflict with the Indonesian Judges Association (of which he'd been a founding member) as well as parliament; he resigned under President Suharto, after which parliament promptly appointed Subekti as chief justice.[3]

Works

References

  1. Sebastian Pompe, The Indonesian Supreme Court: A Study of Institutional Collapse, pg. 83. Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Program, 2005. ISBN 9780877277385
  2. Sebastian Pompe, The Indonesian Supreme Court, pg. 82.
  3. Sebastian Pompe, The Indonesian Supreme Court, pg. 86.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Suryadi
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia
1968-1974
Succeeded by
Umar Seno Aji
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