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Sartono
Portrait of Sartono
Portrait, c. 1952
1st Speaker of the People's
Representative Council
In office
23 February 1950 – 24 June 1960
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byZainul Arifin
Legislative offices
Member of the
People's Representative Council
In office
15 February 1950 – 24 June 1960
Member of the Central Indonesian National Committee
In office
29 August 1945 – 15 February 1950
Advisory offices
Member of the
Supreme Advisory Council
In office
6 March 1962 – 14 February 1968
Member of the
Central Advisory Council
In office
4 October 1943 – 17 August 1945
Personal details
Born(1900-08-05)5 August 1900
Wonogiri, Dutch East Indies
Died15 October 1968(1968-10-15) (aged 68)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Resting placeAstana Bibis Luhur
Political partyIndonesian National Party
(1927–1931; 1945–1968)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Siti Zaenab
(m. 1930)
Children3
Alma materLeiden University (Mr.)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
SignatureSignature of Sartono

Sartono (5 August 1900 – 15 October 1968) was an Indonesian politician and lawyer who served as the first speaker of the People's Representative Council (DPR) from 1950 until 1960. Born to a noble ethnic-Javanese family, Sartono studied law at Leiden University, during which time he joined the Perhimpoenan Indonesia association and became an advocate for Indonesian independence. After graduating, he opened a law practice and helped found the Indonesian National Party (PNI) in 1927, assuming the positions of deputy chairman and treasurer within the party. Following the PNI's dissolution in 1931, Sartono remained active in nationalist circles, helping found the Partindo and Gerindo political parties. He subsequently occupied several positions during the Japanese occupation period, including as general-secretary of a mass organization, Putera, and a member of both the Central Advisory Council and Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence.

Following the proclamation of Indonesian independence in 1945, he was appointed a state minister in President Sukarno's Presidential Cabinet. During the subsequent national revolution, he became a member of the Central Indonesian National Committee (KNIP), the Republic's provisional legislature. After the transfer of sovereignty in the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference held in 1949, in which he was an advisor to, Sartono