He was appointed as Minister of Finance in 1945, though rejecting the post, and he later became one of the first Indonesian professors at the University of Indonesia.

Djojonagaro II, was the local bupati (regent) and his mother was a noblewoman associated with the Mangkunegaran.

[3] He had also been a member of the Central Indonesian National Committee, while not being part of any political parties.

[10] In 1950, when the faculty of economics was established there, Sunarjo was appointed as its first dean, due to a shortage of economists.

[11] At the request of Mohammad Roem, he also helped found the Political Science Academy (Akademi Ilmu Politik) in Yogyakarta (today part of Gadjah Mada University).