born january december called indonesian intellectual diplomat born noble father mother west sumatra finishing primary education went modern day study medicine city saw poverty academic interest later life expelled medical school japanese political activities moved practised medicine father indonesia proclaimed independence youths deployed lake success new_york represent indonesia united_nations helped secure international recognition country sovereignty work attempted study forced resign pressure work including serving indonesia london months establishing political desk embassy indonesia washington returned indonesia involved socialist press joined indonesia elected member serving married president government authoritarian began government avoid censorship spent years guest lecturer new_york self imposed unemployment indonesia replaced returned public service sent indonesia representatives indonesia ambassador time received honorary doctoral degrees advised foreign minister returning indonesia held position think tanks incident january held interrogation half weeks accused event eventually released leave indonesia half years received chosen rector tokyo years returning japan died cardiac arrest teaching early life born january west sumatra eldest son physician noble descent housewife couple children adopted children younger brother went work united nations years old family moved netherlands father received year scholarship returning indonesia continued studies elementary school european called later attended secondary school graduated school introduced latin greek teachers introduced european art later recalled introduction allowed europeans colonists continued medical school modern day seeing drawn issue poverty later academic interest japanese occupation expelled city relationship married sister participation protests occupation expulsion moved studied western history political literature led interest socialism figure affected worked father hospital indonesia proclaimed independence asked deputy head request prime minister friends established dutch language weekly inside counter dutch sponsored outlook year launched socialist oriented journal published weekly period dropped reminded feudal aspects indonesian culture work sent new_york member observer delegation united_nations delegation travelled united_states philippines month stay singapore philippines president guaranteed support nascent nation case united nations stayed lake success new_york temporary location participated debates international recognition new country end stay new_york enrolled time delegation new_york boston seven months released delegation spent year center period months nation dutch_east_indies desk dutch embassy london serving temporary capacity indonesian embassy established moved washington establish political desk indonesian embassy indonesia busy schedule demanding cities proved dropped center late resigned positions went europe months seeking political inspiration yugoslavia met impressed greatly return indonesia returning indonesia editor founders daily guidance followed political journal helped establish publishing house directed joined indonesia psi elected member elections dissolution assembly served indonesian delegation conference later year founded secretary general years married daughters end 1950s president warm working relationship falling president increasingly authoritarian policies founded headed attempted promote democracy country opposed guided democracy policy effort failed went took position guest lecturer returned indonesia discovered key members psi arrested party banned closed avoid trouble government voluntarily left unemployed editor academic activities failed coup état replacement returned public service served vice chairman indonesian delegation delegation adviser adviser foreign minister member london based think tank following year indonesian ambassador united_states position held time ambassador received honorary american universities including yale published book southeast_asia today tomorrow returned indonesia return special adviser chairman year board member london based position held joined selected board trustees position served years governor position held years following year governor based documents accused planning incident january students protested eventually state visit prime minister japan held interrogation half weeks allowed leave indonesia half years suspected involvement received called asia nobel prize citation read encouraging outsiders look carefully village awareness human dimension essential development writings added body international thinking meet greatest challenges time life decent satisfying percent southeastern southern asia response said felt awareness small contribution magnitude problem persistent poverty human suffering asia realization remains later life death moved tokyo japan september year began service rector replacing remained position japan published books received asia society award following year died cardiac arrest december
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