Amir Machmud

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Amir Machmud
Official portrait, 1985
6th Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly
In office 1 October 1982 – 30 September 1987
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Daryatmo
Succeeded by	Kharis Suhud
9th Speaker of the People's Representative Council
In office 1 October 1982 – 30 September 1987
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Daryatmo
Succeeded by	Kharis Suhud
17th Minister of Home Affairs
In office 9 January 1969 – 19 March 1983
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Basuki Rahmat
Succeeded by	Soepardjo Rustam
Personal details
Born	(1923-02-21)21 February 1923 Cimahi, Dutch East Indies
Died	21 April 1995(1995-04-21) (aged 72) Cimahi, Indonesia
Alma mater	Indonesian Military Academy
Occupation	Politician army officer
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan Indonesia
Branch/service	Defenders of the Homeland Indonesian Army
Years of service	1943–1978
Rank	General
Unit	Infantry
Battles/wars	Indonesian National Revolution
Service no.	11646

General (Ret.) Amir Machmud (21 February 1923 – 21 April 1995^[1]) was an Indonesian military general who was an eyewitness to the signing of the Supersemar document transferring power from President Sukarno to General Suharto.