Kusumah Atmaja
Prof. Dr. Raden Soelaiman Effendi Koesoemah Atmadja is a National Hero of Indonesia and the first Chairman of its Supreme Court.
Early life
Atmaja was born on September 8, 1898 to a noble family in Purwakarta Regency, Purwakarta, West Java.
He obtained his diploma from the Faculty of Law at the Recht school, or the School of Justice, at the University of Indonesia in 1913.
Atmadja started his career as a court clerk in 1919 and was seconded to the Court at Bogor. That same year he received a scholarship to continue his legal education at the University of Leiden.
In 1922 he completed his studies. He obtained the title Doctor in de rechtsgeleerheid with a dissertation entitled De Mohamedaansche Vrome Stichtingen in Indie (Institute of Islamic Scholars in the Dutch East Indies), in which he outlined the law of war in the Dutch East Indies.
Judicial career
Upon his return to the Dutch East Indies, Kusuma offered directly Atmadja judge Raad Van Justitie (at High Court) Batavia. To take part in a year there, Kusuma Atmadja directly appointed Landraad Voor Zitter (Chairman of the District Court) in Indramayu.
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