Ahmad soebardjo

        Ahmad Soebardjo was born in Teluk Jambe, Karawang Regency, West Java, on 23 March 1896.

Initially, his father gave him the name Teuku Abdul Manaf, but his mother gave him the name Ahmad Subardjo.

        on August 17, 1945, Soebardjo sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Presidential Cabinet, Indonesia's first cabinet, and again served as Minister of Foreign Affairs once again in the year 1951 to 1952

In February 1927, Soebardjo, Mohammad Hatta, and three other students represented Indonesia at the conferences of the League against Imperialism in Brussels and later in Germany. At the founding congress in Brussels, Soebardjo and the others met Jawaharlal Nehru and others nationalist leaders from Asia and Africa. Soebardjo even spent a couple of months in Berlin and Moscow working for the International Secretariat of the League against Imperialism. 

        Upon return to Indonesia, he became a member of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (BPUPKI).

        Soebardjo died at the age of 82 at Pertamina Hospital, Kebayoran Baru, from influenza complications. He was buried at his vacation home in Cipayung, Bogor. In 2009 the government honoured him as a National Hero.