[2] Prior to his appointment as a director general in 2004, Sodjuangan worked at various levels in the Department of Internal Affairs.

[1] After being relieved from inspectorate offices, Sodjuangan was appointed as the secretary to the Director General of Public and Regional Government.

After his stint as an expert staff, he was appointed as the deputy to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs.

[1] Sodjuangan was appointed a member of the investigation team for the Maluku sectarian conflict on 14 January 2002, representing the Communion of Churches in Indonesia.

[6] The team attempted to include a clause on pemekaran (province split) in the bill[7] but it was not approved by the legislature in the final law.

[14] However, due to the lengthy bureaucracy, the election could not be held in the scheduled timespace, and Solossa's term was extended on 23 November 2005.

[15] Solossa suddenly died in office on 19 December[16] and his regional secretary, Andi Baso Bassaleng, succeeded him as an acting governor the day after.