Cosmas Batubara

Cosmas Batubara (19 September 1938 – 8 August 2019) was an Indonesian politician. He was chairman and the co-founder of KAMI, an Indonesian anti-communist student group. He was one of the strongest proponents for the banning of the Communist Party of Indonesia and the arrest of fifteen ministers, including Subandrio.^[1]

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Cosmas Batubara
Cosmas Batubara in the Fourth Development Cabinet
Born	(1938-09-19)19 September 1938
Died	8 August 2019(2019-08-08) (aged 80)
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Anti-communist activism, Co-founder of KAMI
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Batubara was a parliament member from 1967–1978. He was appointed the Junior Minister of Housing in Suharto's Third Development Cabinet in 1978 and the State Minister of Housing in the 1983 Fourth Development Cabinet. In 1988, he was appointed the Minister of Manpower in the Fifth Development Cabinet. In 1991, he was appointed President of the International Labour Organization.^[1]

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