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Raden Mas
Sartono
Raden Mas Sartono
	Portrait, c. 1952
1st Speaker of the People's; Representative Council
	In office; 23 February 1950 – 24 June 1960
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Zainul Arifin
Member of the; People's Representative Council
Legislative offices
Member of the; People's Representative Council
	In office; 15 February 1950 – 24 June 1960
Member of the Central Indonesian National Committee
	In office; 29 August 1945 – 15 February 1950
Member of the; Supreme Advisory Council
Advisory offices
Member of the; Supreme Advisory Council
	In office; 6 March 1962 – 14 February 1968
Member of the; Central Advisory Council
	In office; 4 October 1943 – 17 August 1945
Personal details
Born	5 August 1900; Wonogiri, Dutch East Indies
Died	15 October 1968 (aged 68); Jakarta, Indonesia
Resting place	Astana Bibis Luhur
Political party	Indonesian National Party; (1927–1931; 1945–1968)
Other political; affiliations	Partindo (1931–1937); Gerindo (1937–1942);
Spouse	Siti Zaenab (m. 1930)
Children	3
Alma mater	Leiden University (Mr.)
Occupation	Politician; lawyer;
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Sartono (5 August 1900 – 15 October 1968) was an Indonesian politician and lawyer who served as the first speaker of the People's Representative Council (DPR) from 1950 until 1960. Born to a noble ethnic-Javanese family, Sartono studied law at Leiden University, during which time he joined the Perhimpoenan Indonesia association and became an advocate for Indonesian independence. After graduating, he opened a law practice and helped found the Indonesian National Party (PNI) in 1927, assuming the positions of deputy chairman and treasurer within the party. Following the PNI's dissolution in 1931, Sartono remained active in nationalist circles, helping found the Partindo and Gerindo political parties. He subsequently occupied several positions during the Japanese occupation period, including as general-secretary of a mass organization, Putera, and a member of both the Central Advisory Council and Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence.

Following the proclamation of Indonesian independence in 1945, he was appointed a state minister in President Sukarno's Presidential Cabinet. During the subsequent national revolution, he became a member of the Central Indonesian National Committee (KNIP), the Republic's provisional legislature. After the transfer of sovereignty in the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference held in 1949, in which he was an advisor to, Sartono