Sunarto Sumoprawiro

Sunarto Sumoprawiro (10 November 1944 – 17 February 2003) was an Indonesian politician and retired army officer who was the mayor of Surabaya between 1994 and 2002.

[1] He served in the Special Forces branch (Kopassus) of the Indonesian Army, retiring with the rank of colonel.

[2] He was first elected as the mayor of Surabaya on 20 June 1994, and was reelected for a second term on 7 February 2000 with the support of the National Awakening Party.

[7] Starting around September 2001, he became sick and was treated in a hospital in Melbourne due to a liver illness for a long period, which resulted in the city council impeaching him for the long absence on 15 January 2002 and he was replaced by his deputy Bambang Dwi Hartono.

[3][8] He died in Austin Hospital of Melbourne on 17 February 2003 after falling into a coma.