Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo
Prof. Mr. Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo was the Minister of Justice of Indonesia from 21 January to 6 September 1950.
Pringgodigdo was born in Bojonegoro, East Java, Dutch East Indies on 24 August 1904. He was the older brother of diplomat Abdoel Kareem Pringgodigdo. After two years of elementary school, he studied at a Europeesche Lagere School from 1911 to 1918, then at the Hogere Burger School. After graduating in 1923, he went to Leiden, Netherlands, to study at Leiden University, where he graduated in 1927 with a law degree. He also received a cum laude degree in Indoloogie, the study of the Dutch East Indies. After returning to Indonesia, Pringgodigdo took a job as a scribe (Dutch: sekretaris), later becoming the leader (Indonesian: wedana) of Karang Kobar in the eastern part of Purbalingga Regency. Towards the end of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Pringgodigdo served on the Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence as secretary for Radjiman Widyoningrat, chair of the committee. He was also part of the Committee of Five (Panitia Lima) responsible for formulating the state philosophy, Pancasila.
Pringgodigdo was married to Nawang Hindrati Joyo Adiningrat.
