Mochamad Singer

Raden
Tumenggung
Mochamad Singer
Regent of Sumedang
In office
5 December 1947 – 1949
Wali Negara
Wiranatakusumah
Preceded byHasan Soeria Satjakoesoemah [id]
Succeeded byHasan Soeria Satjakoesoemah
Personal details
Born(1903-09-21)21 September 1903
Cimahi, Dutch East Indies
Died25 September 1998(1998-09-25) (aged 95)
Sukabumi, Indonesia
RelationsSoeria Atmadja (uncle)
ProfessionPolitician
Bureaucrat

Mochamad Singer (also spelled Moehamad Singer, Mohamad Singer, Muhammad Singer; 21 September 1903 – 25 September 1998) was an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat who served as the Regent of Sumedang (1947–1949).

Early life and education

Singer was born in Cimahi on 21 September 1903. His father was R. Rangga Raksa Mihardja, and he was a nephew of Soeria Atmadja.[1][2] He was educated at OSVIA [id]. When he was an OSVIA student, he competed in a chess tournament.[3] He graduated from OSVIA in 1923.[4] From 1931 to 1933, he attended courses held at the Administrative School in Batavia.[5]

Career

After graduating from OSVIA, Singer worked as a native administrative official trainee (CIBA) at the Resident’s Office of the Priangan Regency.[6] He later served as a civilian official (mantri) in Sukabumi Regency. In April 1929, the Dutch East Indies government appointed him as Assistant District Chief of Jonggol, replacing Martadiwangsa, who had gone missing in early March.[7]

Singer was appointed as District Chief of Boven Digoel on 23 June 1938, replacing Ateng Soerapradja [id].[8][9] In 1943, he stepped down as Wedana of Boven Digoel and moved to Australia. During his time there, he joined SIBAR (Serikat Indonesia Baroe, New Indonesia Association) and served as Director of the Administrative School (Bestuursschool) located at Camp Columbia, Brisbane, from 1944 to April 1945.[10][11] In May 1945, he was appointed as Acting Assistant Resident of the Tual District.[12] He later worked in Sulawesi and then at the Resident’s Office of East Kalimantan.[2]

On 5 December 1947, the Recomba [id] government appointed Singer as Regent of Sumedang and conferred upon him the title of tumenggung.[13] During his tenure as Regent, he successfully collected and reorganized the scattered assets of Soeria Atmadja, including its inheritance and endowment (waqf) assets. After gathering these assets, he handed them over to Soeria Atmadja’s heirs on 1 December 1949. He resigned as Regent of Sumedang in 1949 and moved to the Netherlands.[2]

Singer later returned to Indonesia in unknown year. Upon his return, he worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs in the agrarian department.[2] In 1952, together with Abas Wilaga Somantri Padmanegara, he was appointed as a representative of the Ministry of Home Affairs to deliver an order for the dissolution of the Depok Municipality to its then president, Johannes Matijs Jonathans. The meeting resulted in an agreement.[14]

Death and personal life

Singer died on 25 September 1998 in Sukabumi and was buried at the Gunung Puyuh Cemetery in Sumedang.[1] In February 2022, his grave was reported to be in an unmaintained condition.[15]

Singer was married and had children. One of his children, Siti Patimah, married an agronomist, Salmon Padmanagara.[16]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b @makamindo; (12 June 2023). "R. Toemenggoeng Moch Singer Cimahi, 21 September 1903-Sukabumi, 25 September 1998" – via Instagram.
  2. ^ a b c d Inimah Sumedang, Inimah Sumedang. "Mengenal Tumenggung Muhammad Singer, Bupati Sumedang 1947-1949". inimahsumedang.com. Inimah Sumedang. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Sport:Schaken". De Preanger-bode. 20 July 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Javanese Noblemen Honored". Knickerbocker weekly. New York: The Netherland Publishing Corporation. 11 September 1944. p. 19. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  5. ^ Regerings-almanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië, 1933. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij. 1933. p. 317.
  6. ^ "Inlandsch bestuur". De Preanger-bode. 23 May 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  7. ^ "De verdwenen assistent-wedana van Djonggol". De Locomotief. 24 April 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  8. ^ Regerings-almanak voor Nederlandsch-Indië, 1942.Tweede gedeelte Kalender en personalia. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij. 1942. p. 368.
  9. ^ "Personalia Wedana's". Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië. 27 April 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  10. ^ Poeze, Harry A. (October 2012). "From Foe to Partner to Foe Again: The Strange Alliance of the Dutch Authorities and Digoel Exiles in Australia, 1943–1945". Indonesia (94): 69.
  11. ^ Brawley, Sean (23 May 2012). "THE 'SPIRIT OF BERRINGTON HOUSE': The future of Indonesia in wartime Australia, 1943–1945". Indonesia and the Malay World. 40 (117): 13.
  12. ^ "Javanese prince appointed". Netherlands News Volume 12. New York: Netherlands Information Bureau. 1 June 1945. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  13. ^ "7 DECEMBER REGENTEN". Algemeen Indisch dagblad. 8 December 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  14. ^ Surya24, Surya24. "Ini Hikayat Depok yang Luput dari Perhatian : Mulai dari Belanda Depok hingga Punya Presiden Sendiri". surya24.com. Surya24. Retrieved 26 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Arif, Fathul. "Begini Kondisi Makam Raden Tumenggung Mohammad Singer, Bupati Sumedang Periode 1947-1949". inisumedang.com. Ini Sumedang. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  16. ^ Julianto, Julianto. "Selamat Jalan Bapak Penyuluh Pertanian". tabloidsinartani.com. Tabloid Sinar Tani. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  17. ^ "VAN VERRE VRIENDEN". De Wervelwind. 13 August 1943. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

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