User:The man from Gianyar/Herling Laoh

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Ir.
Herling Laoh
Portrait
Portrait, c. 1949
4th Minister of Transportation
In office
4 August 1949 – 6 September 1950
PresidentSukarno
Prime MinisterMohammad Hatta
Preceded byDjuanda Kartawidjaja
Succeeded byDjuanda Kartawidjaja
4th Minister of
Public Works and Housing
In office
11 August 1947 – 6 September 1950
PresidentSukarno
Prime MinisterAmir Sjarifuddin
Mohammad Hatta
Preceded byMohammad Enoch
Succeeded byMananti Sitompul
1st Deputy Minister of
Public Works and Housing
In office
12 March 1946 – 11 August 1947
PresidentSukarno
Prime MinisterSutan Sjahrir
Amir Sjarifuddin
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born
Herling Laoh

1902 – 1912[a]
Tompaso, Minahasa, Dutch East Indies
Died15 March 1970 (aged 68 – 58)
Location unknown, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyIndonesian National Party (PNI)
RelationsFrits Laoh (brother)
Alma materTechnische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (THB)
Occupation

Ir. Herling Laoh (1902 – 1912[a] – 15 March 1970), was a Christian Indonesian politician, bureaucrat and entrepreneur from what is today the province North Sulawesi. A member of the nationalistic Indonesian National Party (PNI), he served in a number of cabinet posts during the Indonesian National Revolution, including as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Public Works and Housing. Born to a goldsmith and his wife, in Tompaso, Dutch East Indies. He was the younger brother of Frits Laoh, who would become a politician later in life. He studied at the Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (THB), and graduated in 1928.

Following the proclamation of independence, he joined the PNI and rose through the ranks of the party organization. In 1946, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Public Works and Housing, by Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir. He served in the position until 1947, when he was appointed minister, after the resignation of Mohammad Enoch. During the Prime Ministership of Mohammad Hatta, he also became Minister of Transportation, while still remaining as Minister of Public Works and Housing. After the end of the National Revolution, he remained active in politics, and was involved in the PRRI/Permesta Rebellion. He was arrested but eventually released in 1967. On 15 March 1970, Herning Laoh died in Indonesia, at the age of 65.

Early life and career[edit]

Herling Laoh was born in the town of Tompaso, which was 45 km south-west of the city of Manado, in what is today Minahasa Regency.[1] His date of birth is inconsistent, and varies from source to source, but is somewhere between 1902 and 1912.[a] He was the son of a goldsmith and his wife, from Sonder, Tompaso.[3] He was also the younger brother of Frits Laoh, a politician who also served as transportation minister under Burhanuddin Harahap.[4] He began his education at a technical school, before entering the Europeesche Lagere School (ELS).[2] He continued his education to the Prins Hendrik school (PHS), and later the Hogere Burgerschool (HBS).[2] In May 1928, he graduated from the Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (THB), the predecessor of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), with a degree in Civil Engineering.[5]

During his time there, he befriended future-President Sukarno.[3] In 1937, Laoh became the assisstant to Dr. H. S. C. De Vos, and worked on the waterbouwkunde in Bandung. Laoh would also establish three different construction companies, N.V. Birokopi, N.V. Perintis, and N.V. Paka. With the last two being joint ventures with the Dutch government.[6] He continued working in construction, becoming the project engineer for an irrigation project, in Modjokerto, in what is today East Java,[1] and the provincial engineer of water management in Garut and Palembang. During the Japanese occupation, Laoh lived in Tasikmalaya, continuing to work on construction projects.[2]

Later career and death[edit]

Following the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, Loah joined the newly appointed President Sukarno's Indonesian National Party (PNI).[3] He rose through the ranks of the party organization and was appointed Deputy Minister of Public Works and Housing, by Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir in Sjahrir's Second Cabinet.[7] He survived a reshuffle in June 1947, and remained as Deputy Minister under Amir Sjarifuddin Harahap.[1] In 1948, he left the office of Deputy Minister to become Minister, replacing his former boss, Mohammad Enoch, who had resigned.[8] He was briefly replaced by Djuanda Kartawidjaja in the first cabinet of Vice President Mohammad Hatta, who served in an acting capacity, but he returned to his position 13 April 1948.[9] During the leadership of the Second Hatta Cabinet, in addition to being minister of Public Works, he was also designated minister of Transportation.[10]

In 1947, Laoh with Deputy Prime Minister Adnan Kapau Gani left Indonesia to go to Havana, Cuba. To attend the economic conference which was held there. During the Second Dutch offensive, which saw the capture of the capital Yogyakarta. This resulted in most of the government being arrested, including Loah. He, and the rest of the government, were eventually released following the signing of the Renville Agreement.[1] In 1949, he participated in the historic transfer of sovereignty from Dutch authorities to Indonesian authorities.[11] In his later life, he would become more critical of President Sukarno's increasing authoritarianism, and Guided Democracy system. In 1958, he joined in the PRRI/Permesta Rebellion in Sulawesi, and took office as State Minister. Though he was arrested, he was released by President Suharto in 1967. On 15 March 1970, he died at the age of 65.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c According to A. Dahlan, Laoh was born on 23 August 1902.[1] However, this account differs from other proposal for Lao's date of birth. According to Tamar Djaja, Laoh was born on 23 August 1912. Though this may have been a typographical error.[2] Another account, this time by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in a 2017 special edition of it's magazine, Kiprah, it stated that Laoh was born 6 March 1905.[3]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Dahlan 1950, p. 58.
  2. ^ a b c d Djaja 1950, p. 15.
  3. ^ a b c d e Kiprah 2017, p. 43.
  4. ^ Wibisono 2020.
  5. ^ New Rotterdamsche Courant 1928.
  6. ^ Robison 2009, p. 50.
  7. ^ Kahin 2003, p. 195.
  8. ^ Kahin 2003, p. 211.
  9. ^ Hatta 1981, p. 279.
  10. ^ Hatta 1981, p. 308.
  11. ^ Drenthe 1949.

Sources[edit]

  • Djaja, Tamar (1950). Kabinet Perdana Menteri Mohammad Hatta [Cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Hatta] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Penjiaran Ilmu. Retrieved 4 December 2021. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |lay-format=, |lay-url=, |lay-date=, and |lay-source= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  • Dahlan, A. (1950). Republik Indonesia Serikat lahir [United States of Indonesia is born] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Saiful. Retrieved 4 December 2021. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |lay-format=, |lay-url=, |lay-date=, and |lay-source= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  • Wibisono, Christianto (30 July 2020). "Dinasti Mataram vs Dinasti Menteng" [Mataram Dynasty vs Menteng Dynasty]. www.beritasatu.com (in Indonesian). Berita Satu. Retrieved 4 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  • New Rotterdamsche Courant (2 June 1928). "Examen Technische Hoogeschool" [Exams to the Technical University]. www.delpher.nl (in Dutch). Rotterdam: Nijgh. Retrieved 4 December 2021. The results of the examinations held at the end of the 1927/1928 course are as follows: 17 candidates took part in the final examination for civil engineering. of which the gentlemen: W. J. van Blommeslein, A.J. Doornweerd. G. van Esch. L. G. Gerrits, H. Laoh, A. M. Semawi. R. Soemanl and J.H. Elze passed.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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