Early and military career He began working as a clerk at Bandung's municipal government in 1935 until the
Japanese takeover in 1942, during which he was promoted to financial inspector for the city. In the succeeding
First Working Cabinet, he was appointed a full Minister of Production, and in the
Second Working Cabinet he had been promoted to brigadier general while maintaining his ministerial post. The
Third Working Cabinet saw Suprayogi's office being elevated to Coordinating Minister, at a time when he had been promoted to
major general. He also held a
secondary office as Minister of Public Works and Power in the Third Working Cabinet. During Suprayogi's tenure as public works minister, he oversaw several large-scale projects such as the construction of the
Jatiluhur Dam, the
Ngurah Rai Airport, the
Ampera Bridge, and construction in Jakarta related to the
1962 Asian Games (such as the
Semanggi Interchange and the
Senayan Sports Complex). He remained chairman until his replacement by
Umar Wirahadikusumah in 1973.
Sports organizations During his tenure as minister of production, he was also chairman of the
Swimming Association of Indonesia (PRSI) and within this capacity Suprayogi in 1960 proposed a national centralized training system (
Indonesian:
Pemusatan Latihan Nasional, abbreviated as
Pelatnas), which was implemented in the leadup to the
1962 Asian Games. This system later became the core of the Indonesian sports teams in international competitions. He would serve as PRSI's chairman between 1953 and 1983, and he was awarded the title "Father of Indonesian Swimming" during PRSI's 1983 congress. He had stated his intentions to not continue his tenure prior to the congress, as he thought he had held the position for too long. After concluding his ministerial career in the 1970s, Suprayogi became active in sports, and became daily chairman of the
National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI), He would serve in this position until 1986. He was also appointed to replace Hamengkubuwono as Indonesia's representative to the
International Olympic Committee in 1973, and remained at the IOC until his retirement in 1989. ==Death==