Agustinus Jelani

Agustinus Jelani (Old spelling: Agustinus Djaelani, Agustinus Djelani) (28 August 1919 – 1977) was an Indonesian Dayak politician, and the chairman of the Dayak Unity Party from 1947 until 1958. He was also a member of the Senate of the United States of Indonesia, representing West Kalimantan, member of the People's Representative Council from 1950 until 1956, and the member of the Constitutional Assembly of Indonesia from 1956 until 1959. Early life Agustinus Jelani was born on August 28, 1919, in Putussibau, West Kalimantan. He began his studies at the C. V. O. Seminarium, which he finished in 1937. Later on, he went to the Intermediate Seminary, which he entered in 1941, and finished in 1944. After that, he went to the Grand Seminary of Philosophy in Flores, and finished it in 1946. Political career