RI ambassador dies

RI ambassador dies

JAKARTA (JP): The body of Indonesia's ambassador to Hungary, Soelaeman Pringgodigdo, who died in Budapest on Thursday, is scheduled to arrive at Jakarta's Sukarno-Hatta airport at 2:30 pm today on a Garuda Indonesia flight.

Soelaeman's body will then be brought to his brother's house at the University of Indonesia lecturers' housing complex in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, before being buried at the family cemetery in Cibatok village just outside Bogor, West Java.

Soelaeman died at his residence in Budapest of natural causes, possibly heart attack, according to a foreign ministry official in Jakarta. He is survived by his wife, Atun, and a daughter, Iza.

In conjunction with Hungary, Soelaeman also served as ambassador to Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. One of his last activities was orchestrating the visit of President Soeharto to Zagreb and besieged Sarajevo last month. He accompanied the President on both trips. (mds)