Career
He also served as a minister during the final days of Indonesia"s founding President Sukarno rule in 1966. He is one of the most well-known figures from the eastern province of Nusa Tenggara Timur. He served as plantation minister from 1964 to 1966, agriculture minister in 1966, finance minister from 1966 to 1968 and transportation minister from 1968 to 1973.
Seda was a former chairman of Indonesian Catholic Party and a senior advisor to the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDI-P) Party.
