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Ali Sastroamidjojo (EYD: Ali Sastroamijoyo; 21 May 1903 – 13 March 1975) was an Indonesian politician and diplomat who served as prime minister of Indonesia from 1953 until 1955 and again from 1956 until 1957. A member of the Indonesian National Party, he also served as the party's chairman from 1960 until his ousting in 1966. Additionally, he served as Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1957 until 1960 and was Indonesia's first ambassador to the United States and Canada during the 1950's. Originating from an aristocratic family in Grabag, Purworejo, Ali attended Leiden University, and graduated with a Meester in de Rechten (Master of Laws) degree in 1927. After graduating, he was briefly imprisoned for six months by Dutch authorities before being acquitted and released in 1928. Following his release, he established a law office and became a member of future-president Sukarno's Indonesian National Party (PNI), which advocated for Indonesian political independence.

When the PNI was dissolved following the arrest of its leaders, Ali joined the Partindo and later Gerindo political parties. Following the end of World War II, Ali resumed his political activities, becoming Deputy Minister of Information in the Presidential Cabinet. During the national revolution, he served as Minister of Education and Culture and was a member of the Indonesian delegation to the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference in 1949. After the end of the national revolution, he became Indonesia's first ambassador to the United States and later Canada. In 1953, he was chosen as the formateur of a new cabinet following the dissolution of the Wilopo Cabinet. After several weeks of bargaining, Ali managed to form a cabinet, with support from the Nahdlatul Ulama. As Prime Minister, his government sponsored the Bandung Conference and abrogated the Netherlands-Indonesian Union. His cabinet was dogged by corruption scandals and regional rebellions, and it eventually fell after the army refused to accept his nominee for its chief of staff. He was succeeded as prime minister by Burhanuddin Harahap, who effectively formed a caretaker government.

Early life and career
Ali Sastroamidjojo was born on 21 May 1903, in Grabag, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was born to an aristocratic family from Magelang, and was the eleventh child of twelve children. His father, Raden Ngabehi Sastroamidjojo, was a local government official in Jetis, Temanggung. His mother, Kustiah, was an aristocrat who was a relative of the regent of Magelang. Ali spent his most of his childhood in the local town, playing with his friends from peasant families. In hoping to find a more proper environment for raising their children, Ali's parents moved to the city, where Ali was sent to receive a European education. He enrolled into a Europeesche Lagere School (ELS), however he only lasted a year there due to bullying. His father then requested that Ali be transferred to another class, but the request was rejected by the school on the grounds that Ali couldn't speak Dutch very well. Ali was later transferred anyway, after his father had convinced the assistant-resident.

In 1918, Ali graduated from ELS and continued his education to a Hogere Burgerschool (HBS). It was at HBS that he became involved in the Jong Java youth organization. Throughout his time at HBS, Ali became acquainted to western culture, especially Dutch culture. He studied French, German, and English literature, and read the works of writers such as Bernard Shaw, William Shakespeare, and Willem Kloos. In 1922, he graduated from HBS, and met his future-wife Titi Roelia. Like many other young men of the aristocracy in the Dutch East Indies, Ali managed to obtain a scholarship to study in the Netherlands, financed by Hendriks Kraemer, a Bachelor of Eastern Literature and Eastern Culture and an acquaintance of his older brother.

While in the Netherlands, he lived in Leiden with the aim of entering the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Leiden, but was rejected on the grounds that his HBS diploma did not meet the requirements. He was advised to study again, but only obtained a diploma in Latin and Greek literature, before switching to studying Law. He graduated with a Meester in de Rechten (Master of Laws) degree in 1927. During his time at Leiden, Ali was active in the Perhimpoenan Indonesia association, and wrote several anti-colonialist articles for the pro-independence newspaper Indonesia Merdeka. In September 1927, Ali, alongside Mohammad Hatta and a few others, were arrested by Dutch authorities on a charge of encouraging armed resistance to Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies. They were detained for six months, and were tried in the Hague in March 1928. Embarrassingly for the authorities, all of them were acquitted and released.

Early political career
Following Ali's release, he established a law office...

Personal life
He is the uncle of Finance Minister Ali Wardhana.