Astrid Susanto

Maria Antonia Astrid Sunarti Susanto (also known as Astrid Susanto-Sunario) -- deputy chairwoman of Commission I of the Indonesian legislature, the People's Representative Council—was born 4 January 1936 in Makassar, South Celebes (now South Sulawesi), Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and died on 13 April 2006 in Jakarta. She was also a professor in the Department of International Relations at the University of Indonesia.

Susanto received her M. Phil. at the University of Münster, then-West Germany, in 1960 and a Ph.D. in Mass Communications at the Free University of Berlin in 1964.

Career

 * Dean of the publication faculty, Padjajaran University, Bandung (1971–1975)
 * Adjunct Professor, Communications and Developmental Sociology, University of Indonesia (1976–2006)
 * Head of the Bureau of the Study of Cultures in the Ministry of National Development (1974–1983)
 * Asistent Minister in the Ministry of Development (1983–1988)
 * Member, People's Consultative Assembly from Utusan Golongan (1987–1992)
 * Member, PDKB DPR/MPR faction (2002)
 * Member, Kesatuan Bangsa Kebangsaan Indonesia (F-KKI) faction (2002–2004)
 * Adjunct Professor, in the post graduate program (S-2 dan S-3) - University of Indonesia, Jakarta; Sahid University, Jakarta; and Hasannudin University, Makassar

Family
Susanto was the second daughter of Soenario, S.H. (1902–1997), a former Indonesian minister of foreign affairs, and Dina Maria Geraldine Maranta (née Pantouw) Soenario (?-1995). Her husband was Ir. Bambang Susanto. She had two sons and one daughtern.

Susanto's older sister is Sunaryati Hartono, vice-chairman of the National Ombudsman Commission of Indonesia.