Sayuti Melik

Sayuti Melik
Sayuti Melik
Born
Mohamad Ibnu Sayuti

(1908-11-22)22 November 1908
Died27 February 1989(1989-02-27) (aged 80)
OccupationsReporter
Politician
Spouse
(m. 1938)
ChildrenMoesafir Karma Boediman
Heru Baskoro

Mohamad Ibnu Sayuti, known as Sayuti Melik (22 November 1908 – 27 February 1989) was an Indonesian typist. He helped type a copy of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, which Sukarno proclaimed to Indonesia on 17 August 1945. He was the husband of Soerastri Karma Trimurti, a journalist and activist in the women's rights and Indonesian independence movements.