Albert Mangaratua Tambunan | |
Order: | 17th |
Office: | Minister of Social Affairs |
Term Start: | 28 July 1966 |
Term End: | 12 December 1970 |
Order2: | 4th |
Office2: | Chairman of Indonesian Christian Party |
Term Start2: | 5 February 1961 |
Term End2: | 22 October 1967 |
Order3: | 2nd |
Office3: | General Secretary of Indonesian Christian Party |
Term Start3: | 7 December 1945 |
Term End3: | 24 March 1947 |
Predecessor3: | Maryoto |
Term Start4: | 15 February 1950 |
Term End4: | 26 Mar 1956 |
Alongside4: | Arudji Kartawinata (February 1950 – 1956) Tadjuddin Noor (August 1950 – 1956) |
1Blankname4: | Speaker |
Term Start5: | 26 Mar 1956 |
Term End5: | 26 June 1960 |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1910 |
Nationality: | Indonesian |
Party: | Indonesian Christian Party (1945–1970) |
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Albert Mangaratua Tambunan (25 September 1910 – 12 December 1970) was the chairman and the general secretary of the Indonesian Christian Party, and the first deputy speaker of the People's Representative Council, serving for two terms. He was also famous for being the only Christian representative in the Working Body of the Central Indonesian National Committee.
Albert Mangaratua Tambunan was born in Tarutung, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies on 25 September 1910. He went to the high school of law in 1940. After finishing his study, he went to work at the Jakarta High Court as a clerk, and as a judge in the Cirebon High Court.
Tambunan begin his career in the Indonesian legislative when he was chosen in the Working Body of the Central Indonesian National Committee as a regional delegation on 27 November 1945. He became its member until the dissolution of the committee. He went to be the deputy speaker of the People's Representative Council of the United States of Indonesia, and the Provisional People's Representative Council.[1] In the 1955 Indonesian legislative elections, he was elected as the member of the People's Representative Council from Parkindo, representing North Sumatra electoral district.
Tambunan was chosen as the general secretary of the Indonesian Christian Party at its first congress from 6–8 December 1945 in Surakarta. He handed the position to Martinus Abendego after he was rechosen as the Central Indonesian National Committee in 1947. Seventeen years later, he was chosen as the chairman of the party at its 7th congress.
Tambunan served as the Minister of Social Affairs for three terms, in the Ampera Cabinet, Revised Ampera Cabinet, and the First Development Cabinet. During his term, Tambunan emphasized the development of the Village Social Institution (Indonesian: Lembaga Sosial Desa, LSD) as the instrument for social development. He also proposed the creation of old-age insurance for the people of Indonesia. Tambunan went to West Germany and India, and in 1968, he attended the International Conference of Social Ministers in New York.[1]
Tambunan had one wife and three children (two boys and a daughter).[1]
Tambunan died at the Cendrawasih Pavilion of the Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. He died on 12 December 1970 at 04.15 after being treated since 2 December due to heart complications, nerve and lungs inflammation.[1]