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Ki Hajar Dewantara Born in Yogyakarta on May 2 1889. His real name is Raden Mas
Soewardi Soeryaningrat. He comes from the family palace of Yogyakarta. Raden
Mas Soewardi Soeryaningrat, even at 40 years old by the count of the Year Caka,
renamed Ki Hajar Dewantara. Since then, he no longer uses a knighthood in front of
his name. This meant that he could freely close to the people, both physically and
heart.
His life is really characterized the struggle and dedication to the interests of the
nation. He finished elementary school in the ELS (Elementary School Holland) then
could continue to STOVIA (Bumiputera medical school), but it was not until the end
because of illness. Later he worked as a journalist at several newspapers including
Sedyotomo, Midden Java, De Express, Oetoesan Indies, Kaoem Moeda, Tjahaja
Timoer and Poesara. At the time, he was considered a reliable writer. His writings
are very communicative, sharp and patriotic so as to evoke the spirit of anti-colonial
readers.
Besides tenacious as a young reporter, he was also active in social and political
organization. In 1908, he was active in the propaganda section Boedi Oetomo to
promote awareness and inspire people of Indonesia at that time about the
importance of unity in the state and nation.
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was born in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, on June 25,
1936. He is the fouth of eight children in his family. His parents are Alwi Abdul Jalil
Habibie and RA. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. Habibie married Hasri Ainun Habibie on
May 12, 1962. He has 2 sons. They are Ilham Akbar dan Thareq Kemal. He spent
his childhood with his brothers and sisters in Pare-Pare. His faithful and persistent
characteristics have been shown since he was a kid. Habibie’s hobby is riding horse
and reading book. He is well-known as smart child when he was in elementary
school.
Alter his father died, his mother sold their house and moved to Bandung. Her mother
worked hard to afford their life. When he was in senior high school, Habibie showed
his great achievement, especially in science subjects. He became a favorite student
at school. After he graduated from high school, he continued his study in Bandung
Institute of Technology (ITB). During his study in ITB, he got a scholarship from the
government to study abroad. Then, he continued his study in Germany. When he
arrived in Germany, he determined to be successful because he remembered the
struggle of his parents to afford his course cost and his daily life. Several years later,
in 1955, almost all of the Indonesian students got full scholarship. He was the only
one who held green passport among his friends. For him, holiday season is not
holiday. That was a gold chanceTO MAKE MONEY for buying books and having
examination. After holiday, all activities were suspended, except studying.
That habit was different from his friends who didn’t take any examination in the
holiday.
He graduated in 1960 with cumlaude predicate and average score 9.5. Then, he
applied a job in Firma Talbot, an industry company of train. TA that time, Talboot
needed 100o carriage to carry light but big stuff. Dealing with that problem, Habibie
applied some ways in making the construction of plane wings and finally he was
successful to apply that.
After that, he continued his doctoral degree in in Technische Hochschule Die
Facultaet Fuer Maschinenwesen Aachean and Hasri Ainun Habibie in 1962. After
the wedding ceremony, he brought Ainun to Germany. His life was getting tougher.
In the morning, he must have walked fast to work and his wife washed the clothes in
the public washing place to save money, and in the evening he studied. In1965, he
finished his doctoral degree with summa cumlaude predicate and average score 10.
Habibie was also the first Asian person who had high position in plane industry of
Germany.
When he came back to Indonesia, he applied his knowledge and experiences that he
got during his life in Germany to build plane industry in Indonesia. After three years
he lived in Indonesia, he got Professor title from ITB. Then, he became the minister
of research and technology for 20 years. On March 11, 1998, Habibie was elected as
the 7th vice president of Indonesia by the decision of parliamentary session.
At that time, there was a crisis which made many people hold demonstration.
President Soeharto was asked to step down from his position by the society and
Habibie was pointed as the 3rd president of Indonesia as it was ruled in 1945
constitution number 8. In his short presidency, he was able to save Indonesia from
the crisis.