40 Facts About Izaac Hindom

Izaac Hindom was an Indonesian bureaucrat and politician who served as the governor of Irian Jaya from 1982 until 1988.

Izaac Hindom worked at various civil servant posts during the Netherlands New Guinea era and unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the New Guinea Council.

Izaac Hindom was twice elected as a member of the People's Representative Council in 1971 and 1977.

Izaac Hindom ended short his second term in the council after being appointed as vice governor on 22 November 1980 and became governor two years later on 4 August 1982 after his predecessor's death.

Izaac Hindom oversaw the division of the province into three semi-official regions, the exploitation of the province's forests, and launched a campaign to abolish koteka.

Izaac Hindom was then appointed as a member of the Supreme Advisory Council in 1988, an office he held until 2003.

Izaac Hindom died six years later on 11 March 2009.

Izaac Hindom was born on 23 December 1934 in Adora Village, a village located in the Fak-Fak Afdeling.

Izaac Hindom began his education at the Hollandsch-Inlandsche School, Dutch school for native Papuans, and graduated from the school in 1949.

Izaac Hindom then continued his education at the Algemene Lagere School and the Opleidingschool voor Inheemse Bestuur Ambtenaren, a school for Papuan civil servants.

Izaac Hindom was first employed by the Sub-Division Administrative Head of Fakfak.

Izaac Hindom was employed for about a year until he was appointed as the Head of the Etna Bay District in 1955.

Izaac Hindom was transferred to Kaimana and was employed to the Sub-Division Administrative Head of Fakfak in December 1957.

Izaac Hindom ran against Nicholas Tanggama and Mohammad Achmad, but lost to the latter.

Izaac Hindom was promoted in July 1965 to serve as a member of the Daily Governance Body, a governmental body made to assist the governor.

Izaac Hindom resided in Jakarta during his tenure as a member of the Daily Governance Body.

Izaac Hindom was nominated as the candidate for the People's Representative Council from the Fakfak constituency.

Izaac Hindom was inaugurated as an MP on 28 October 1971 and subsequently resigned from his Daily Governance Body membership.

Izaac Hindom was elected for a second term as an MP from the Jayapura constituency in the 1977 Indonesian legislative election and was inaugurated on 1 October 1977.

Izaac Hindom was appointed the Vice Governor of Irian Jaya on 22 November 1980 by Governor Soetran, replacing Elias Paprindey who had assumed office as acting vice governor for more than three years.

The election, which was held on 16 October 1982, saw Izaac Hindom winning with 29 out of 39 votes cast.

Izaac Hindom was sworn in as the governor by ad interim Minister of Internal Affairs Sudharmono on 12 November 1982.

Izaac Hindom believed that transmigration would break the isolation of remote tribes and provide technology, education, and electricity to remote tribes in Irian Jaya.

Izaac Hindom actively promoted the assimilation between Papuans and Javanese, and stated that a mixed marriage between Papuans and Javanese will give birth to a mixed race and "sowing the seeds for greater beauty".

Izaac Hindom did not share the fear that the Muslim-majority Javanese would convert the Christian-majority Papuans to Islam, and stated it as "God's will" if it ever happened.

Izaac Hindom predicted in 1984 that in fifty years, the natives of the region would look similar to the Javanese.

Izaac Hindom stated that the transmigrants were forcing their religion on Papuans and that transmigration caused Papuans to have only very low and clerical jobs.

Izaac Hindom's promotion attracted companies such as Hanurata company, which was owned by Probosutedjo, brother of President Suharto.

Izaac Hindom continued the anti-koteka campaign, which had begun since the Acub Zainal administration in 1973.

Izaac Hindom's nomination sparked protests from various groups in Irian Jaya.

Izaac Hindom later won the election with 35 votes, while his opponent Gultom and Samiyana only obtained six and four votes each.

Izaac Hindom later met with the Minister of Internal Affairs Soepardjo Roestam to elaborate on his withdrawal.

Soepardjo explained that Izaac Hindom cited his inability to cope with the burden of governorship and the succession of the governorship by a younger generation as his other reasons.

Izaac Hindom handed over his office to Suebu on 13 April 1988.

Izaac Hindom was appointed for two more terms in 1993 and 1998 until the council was disbanded on 31 July 2003.

Izaac Hindom supported full regional autonomy for Papua, but he refused to support the Free Papua Movement in their independence movement for Papua.

In relation to Papuan matters, Izaac Hindom requested the delay of the implementation of regional autonomy in Papua, and requested the Indonesian government to free Theys Eluay, a West Papuan independence activist.

Izaac Hindom was appointed a member of the board commissioners of the Freeport-McMoRan company in mid-1999.

Izaac Hindom died due to a pulmonary embolism at 9.30 UTC+9 on 11 March 2009 in Dok II Provincial Hospital Jayapura.

Previously, Izaac Hindom was treated for his pulmonary embolism since January 2009 at the Arjoko Army Hospital in Jayapura.