Adnan Buyung Nasution
Adnan Buyung Nasution
Born	Adnan Bahrum Nasution (1934-07-20)20 July 1934 Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died	23 September 2015(2015-09-23) (aged 81)[1] Jakarta, Indonesia
Nationality	Indonesian
Alma mater	Universitas Indonesia University of Melbourne Utrecht University
Occupation	Lawyer
Known for	Senior lawyer Founder of Lembaga Bantuan Hukum
Website	Adnan Buyung Nasution & Partners
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Adnan Buyung Nasution, also known as Adnan Bahrum Nasution^[2] (20 July 1934 – 23 September 2015) was an Indonesian lawyer, advocate, and activist.

Career

Nasution founded the Legal Aid Institute in Indonesia.^[3] He was well known as a human rights and pro-democracy activist during the reign of Indonesia's late President Suharto. One of the partners at his law firm was former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia Suryadi.^[4]

From the years 2007 to 2009, Nasution was a member of the Presidential Advisory Council's Legal Department.

Notable cases

• In 1973, Vivian Rubiyanti Iskandar retained Nasution as counsel before the West Jakarta District Court. Nasution helped produce a ruling in favour of changing Vivian's legal gender to female, making her the first legally recognised transgender person in Indonesia.^[5]

Death

Nasution died in Jakarta on 23 September 2015 from kidney failure and heart failure.^[6]

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