Susanto Pudjomartono, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Indonesian newspaper editor (The Jakarta Post) and diplomat
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About Susanto Pudjomartono
- Susanto Pudjomartono (May 18, 1943 – January 14, 2015) was an Indonesian newspaper editor, journalist and diplomat.
- He served as the second chief editor of The Jakarta Post from 1991 until 2003.
- Pudjomartono was then appointed as Indonesia's Ambassador to Russia from 2003 to 2008.
- He was also a co-founder of Indonesia's Editors' Club.In 1966, Pudjomartono graduated from the School of Social Sciences at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta.
- He began his career at Tempo magazine.He departed Tempo for The Jakarta Post, which was launched in 1983.
- Sabam Siagian served as the newspaper's first chief editor from 1983 to 1991.
- In 1991, Siagian departed the Jakarta Post to become Indonesia's Ambassador to Australia.
- Susanto Pudjomartono succeeded Siagian as the Jakarta Post's second chief editor. Pudjomartono served as the Jakarta Post's chief editor in 1991 until 2003.
- He left the newspaper in 2003 upon his appointed as Indonesia's Ambassador to Russia by President Megawati Soekarnoputri.
- He served as Ambassador from 2003 to 2008, when he was succeeded by Hamid Awaluddin, a former government minister of law and human rights.Susanto Pudjomartono died in Jakarta at 3 a.m.
- on January 14, 2015, at the age of 71.
- He had suffered from diabetes and had been undergoing kidney dialysis for several years.
- Pudjomartono, a resident of East Jakarta, was buried in Giritama Cemetery in Bogor, West Java.
- He was survived by his wife, Erlien.
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