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        "msgid": "mahfud-remembers-juwono-sudarsono-a-great-scholar-who-mastered-defence-1774741848",
        "date": "2026-03-29 06:20:21",
        "title": "Mahfud Remembers Juwono Sudarsono: A Great Scholar Who Mastered Defence",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD has paid tribute to Juwono Sudarsono, the former Minister of Defence, describing him as a great scholar with deep expertise in defence from a global geopolitical perspective. Juwono, who served under Presidents Abdurrahman Wahid, BJ Habibie, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in various ministerial roles including Defence, Education and Culture, and State Minister for the Environment, passed away on 28 March at Pondok Indah Hospital in Jakarta at the age of 13:45 WIB. His funeral is scheduled for the following day at the Heroes' Cemetery in Kalibata, Jakarta, highlighting his significant contributions to Indonesian governance and academia.",
        "content": "<p>Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security\nAffairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD remembers the figure of former\nMinister of Defence Juwono Sudarsono as a great scholar. \u201cI succeeded\nProf.\u00a0Juwono at the beginning of Gus Dur\u2019s administration (Indonesia\u2019s\n4th President Abdurrahman Wahid). Honestly, he is a great scholar who\nmasters defence issues from a global geopolitical perspective,\u201d said\nMahfud when confirmed on Saturday (28\/3), quoted from Antara. Mahfud\nserved as Minister of Defence after Juwono in 2000. He views Juwono as\nthe right person to be Minister of Defence in his time. \u201cHe is the right\nperson to be Minister of Defence in his era. He is gentle, his speech is\nnot explosive, but his appeal is extraordinarily strong,\u201d he recalled.\nHe then hoped that Juwono would receive Allah SWT\u2019s paradise. \u201cMay he\nreceive His paradise,\u201d he prayed. Previously, news of the passing of the\nMinister of Defence during the tenure of Indonesia\u2019s 4th President\nAbdurrahman Wahid alias Gus Dur and 6th President Susilo Bambang\nYudhoyono (SBY), Juwono Sudarsono, circulated in short message groups.\nHead of the Defence Information Bureau of the Ministry of Defence\u2019s\nGeneral Secretariat Brigadier General Rico Ricardo Sirait confirmed the\nnews of the passing. 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. The burial of the\nMinister of Education and Culture during the tenure of Indonesia\u2019s 3rd\nPresident BJ Habibie is scheduled for Sunday (29\/3) at the Heroes\u2019\nCemetery Kalibata, South Jakarta. In addition to serving as Minister of\nDefence and Minister of Education and Culture, Juwono once served as\nState Minister for the Environment ahead of the fall of Indonesia\u2019s 2nd\nPresident Soeharto.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mahfud-remembers-juwono-sudarsono-a-great-scholar-who-mastered-defence-1774741848",
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