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        "id": 1640279,
        "msgid": "mahfud-md-remembers-former-defence-minister-juwono-sudarsono-as-a-great-scholar-1774695075",
        "date": "2026-03-28 17:28:47",
        "title": "Mahfud MD Remembers Former Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono as a Great Scholar",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD has paid tribute to Juwono Sudarsono, the former Defence Minister under Presidents Abdurrahman Wahid and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, describing him as a great scholar with deep expertise in global geopolitical defence issues. Mahfud, who succeeded Juwono in the role, praised his calm demeanour and strong influence, expressing hopes that he attains paradise. Juwono, also a former Minister of Education and Culture and Minister of State for the Environment, passed away on 28 March at Pondok Indah Hospital in Jakarta, with his burial scheduled for the following day at Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal,\nand Security Affairs Mahfud MD remembers the figure of former Defence\nMinister Juwono Sudarsono as a great scholar. \u201cI once replaced\nProf.\u00a0Juwono at the beginning of Gus Dur\u2019s administration (Indonesia\u2019s\n4th President Abdurrahman Wahid). Honestly, he is a great scholar who\nmastered defence issues from a global geopolitical perspective,\u201d said\nMahfud, who briefly served as Defence Minister after Juwono, when\ncontacted by ANTARA from Jakarta on Saturday. Therefore, he views Juwono\nas the right person to serve as Defence Minister in his time. \u201cHe was\nthe perfect person to be Defence Minister in his era. He was gentle, his\nspeech was not explosive, but his appeal was extraordinarily strong,\u201d he\nrecalled. He then hoped that Juwono receives Allah SWT\u2019s paradise. \u201cMay\nhe attain His paradise,\u201d he prayed. Previously, news of the passing of\nthe Defence Minister during the tenure of Indonesia\u2019s 4th President\nAbdurrahman Wahid, alias Gus Dur, and 6th President Susilo Bambang\nYudhoyono, alias SBY, was confirmed by the Head of the Defence\nInformation Bureau of the Ministry of Defence\u2019s General Secretariat,\nBrigadier General TNI Rico Ricardo Sirait, when contacted by ANTARA from\nJakarta on Saturday. Rico stated that the Professor of International\nRelations at the University of Indonesia passed away on Saturday (28\/3)\nat 13:45 WIB at Pondok Indah Hospital, Jakarta. Furthermore, he said the\nburial of the Minister of Education and Culture during the tenure of\nIndonesia\u2019s 3rd President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie is scheduled for\nSunday (29\/3) at Kalibata Heroes\u2019 Cemetery, South Jakarta. Besides\nserving as Defence Minister and Minister of Education and Culture,\nJuwono is known to have served as Minister of State for the Environment\nduring the tenure of Indonesia\u2019s 2nd President Soeharto.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mahfud-md-remembers-former-defence-minister-juwono-sudarsono-as-a-great-scholar-1774695075",
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