joined the 

Indonesian nationalist movement during the Japanese occupation of 1942–1945. He was

appointed finance minister in the republican government during the Indonesian National
Revolution of 1945–1949. In December 1948, the Indonesian revolutionary leaders were captured
and Sjafruddin served as head of government for seven months. After Indonesia's independence he
first served as deputy prime minister, then again as finance minister until 1951. A pragmatic
policymaker, he espoused religious socialism based on a liberal interpretation of Islam; he was a
staunch opponent of communism. Sjafruddin's opposition to the government's system of Guided
Democracy resulted in his leading three years of guerrilla warfare, which ended with his surrender in
1961. Imprisoned until 1966, he became a vocal critic of the Indonesian government until his death
in 1989. (Full article...)
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joined the Indonesian nationalist movement during the Japanese occupation of 1942–1945. He was
appointed finance minister in the republican government during the Indonesian National
Revolution of 1945–1949. In December 1948, the Indonesian revolutionary leaders were captured
and Sjafruddin served as head of government for seven months. After Indonesia's independence he
first served as deputy prime minister, then again as finance minister until 1951. A pragmatic
policymaker, he espoused religious socialism based on a liberal interpretation of Islam; he was a
staunch opponent of communism. Sjafruddin's opposition to the government's system of Guided
Democracy resulted in his leading three years of guerrilla warfare, which ended with his surrender in
1961. Imprisoned until 1966, he became a vocal critic of the Indonesian government until his death
in 1989. (Full article...)
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Great Pyramid and Great Sphinx of Giza, from The Archives of the Planet

 ... that The Archives of the Planet includes 72,000 color photographs (example

pictured) of human cultures taken in 50 countries between 1908 and 1931?
 ... that Port Jefferson village officials opposed the expansion of the Caithness Long
Island Energy Center because they feared it would lead to the decommissioning of
the Port Jefferson Power Station?
 ... that Jusuf Muda Dalam is the only Indonesian politician to date to be sentenced to
death for corruption?
 ... that the construction of Washington State Route 512 included a new high school
football stadium to replace a demolished one?
 ... that journalist W. A. Hewitt refereed the first game played in the history of ice hockey
at the Olympic Games?
 ... that the 3rd Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia has suspended
multiple sessions due to open brawls and fights between opposition and ruling party
parliamentarians?
 ... that Romy Golan's 2021 book Flashback, Eclipse is an exploration of Italian art of the
1960s that moved away from the art created under Italian fascism?
 ... that in 1999, donors to the American Airlines Theatre could pay US$75,000 for their
name on a bathroom?
 Archive
 Start a new article
joined the Indonesian nationalist movement during the Japanese occupation of 1942–1945. He was
appointed finance minister in the republican government during the Indonesian National
Revolution of 1945–1949. In December 1948, the Indonesian revolutionary leaders were captured
and Sjafruddin served as head of government for seven months. After Indonesia's independence he
first served as deputy prime minister, then again as finance minister until 1951. A pragmatic
policymaker, he espoused religious socialism based on a liberal interpretation of Islam; he was a
staunch opponent of communism. Sjafruddin's opposition to the government's system of Guided
Democracy resulted in his leading three years of guerrilla warfare, which ended with his surrender in
1961. Imprisoned until 1966, he became a vocal critic of the Indonesian government until his death
in 1989. (Full article...)
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Great Pyramid and Great Sphinx of Giza, from The Archives of the Planet

 ... that The Archives of the Planet includes 72,000 color photographs (example

pictured) of human cultures taken in 50 countries between 1908 and 1931?
 ... that Port Jefferson village officials opposed the expansion of the Caithness Long
Island Energy Center because they feared it would lead to the decommissioning of
the Port Jefferson Power Station?
 ... that Jusuf Muda Dalam is the only Indonesian politician to date to be sentenced to
death for corruption?
 ... that the construction of Washington State Route 512 included a new high school
football stadium to replace a demolished one?
 ... that journalist W. A. Hewitt refereed the first game played in the history of ice hockey
at the Olympic Games?
 ... that the 3rd Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia has suspended
multiple sessions due to open brawls and fights between opposition and ruling party
parliamentarians?
 ... that Romy Golan's 2021 book Flashback, Eclipse is an exploration of Italian art of the
1960s that moved away from the art created under Italian fascism?
 ... that in 1999, donors to the American Airlines Theatre could pay US$75,000 for their
name on a bathroom?
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 Start a new article