Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Minister of Information era the new order, Harmoko died at the Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital, Central Jakarta, Sunday (4/7) night.
The head of the RSPAD, Lt. Gen. Albertus Budi Sulistya, when confirmed, said that the deceased breathed his last at around 20.22 WIB.
During his lifetime, Harmoko, who started his career as a journalist, was once known as the right hand man of the New Order ruler, Suharto. The man who was born in Nganjuk on February 7, 1939, became a coolie in the 1960-1970s decade.
Referring to various sources, the deceased whose full name is Harun Muhammad Koharbin Asmoprawiro, started his journalistic career from Merdeka daily in Jakarta after graduating from school.
Not only as a journalist, he is also known as a caricature maker in these newspapers and magazines. His initial in every published work is Mok.
After leaving Merdeka, Harmoko also worked as a journalist at Harian Angkatan Bersenjata and Harian API, served as the editorial leader at the Javanese -language media, Merdiko, and then took care of the Mimbar Kita daily.
One of Harmoko’s legacy in the field of journalism for Indonesia is the daily newspaper City Post which he and a number of colleagues founded in the 1970s. The daily is known for presenting local news from Jakarta and its surroundings, especially about crime, society, sports, and celebrities.
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Former Minister of Information during the New Order era, Harmoko, on December 11, 2016. (CNN Indonesia/Denny Aprianto)- – |
General Chairperson of Golkar, Minister of Information for the Three Periods of the New Order Cabinet
His work with political parties has been going on since the 1970s. He was noted to be poor across the Golkar mass media team that decade, then rose to the rank of party elite in the 1980s to lead it as General Chair (1993-1998).
Harmoko’s gait in the world of journalism was also bright organizationally in the 1970-1980s decade. Starting from leading the Association of Indonesian Journalists (PWI) in Jakarta, he later led a single organization of journalists during the New Order era (1973-1983).
Along with his work at the top of PWI, he is also the administrator of the Press Graphic Union, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Association of Newspaper Publishers (SPS), Deputy Chair of the ASEAN Confederation of Journalists, member of the Press Council, and member of the Film Censorship Board.
He also served as one of the chairmen of the central National Sports Committee (KONI) (1978-1983), and led the Indonesian Basketball Association (Indonesian Basketball Association).Perbasi) as general chairman (1986-1998).
In the political arena, apart from being with Golkar, Harmoko had been in a representative seat since 1977, until finally Suharto was appointed, who at that time was still firmly gripping Indonesia together with the New Order to become Minister of Information in the Development Cabinet IV (1983-1988).
 Harmoko is the 6th General Chair of Golkar. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL)-– |
Harmoko’s role as minister of information was quite long before ending when he became chairman of the DPR/MPR in 1997. As the Minister of Information, Harmoko is an ‘extension’ of President Soeharto to ban the mass media in order to maintain the stability of the country.
Some of those who have been hit by Harmoko’s ‘cold hands’ are newspapers Rays of Hope, magazine Time, tabloid Seconds, and magazines Editor.
During his tenure as Minister of Information, Harmoko was the originator of the Kelompencapir (Listeners, readers, and viewers) movement which was broadcast on national television, TVRI.
He, who is popular with his straight and smooth left-parted hair, has his own characteristics during his tenure as Minister of Information.
During the New Order, when the state television station TVRI became the sole channel at the time, Harmoko always appeared on television to deliver announcements from the government.
The opening sentence that is identical with Harmoko is, ‘According to the instructions of the President’. That sentence became a characteristic that people who grew up in the New Order remember remember, such as remembering Suharto with the word ‘than’.
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