12 Facts About Mananti Sitompul

Mananti Sitompul, was a Christian Indonesian politician from North Sumatra.

Mananti Sitompul moved to Pematangsiantar, and later Bukittinggi, and became the head of the Sumatra Ministry of Public Works.

Mananti Sitompul returned to government in 1950, in the Halim Cabinet, and served as Public Works minister again until the dissolution of the cabinet.

Mananti Sitompul was born in Pahae, in what is today North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra.

Mananti Sitompul was the first and only child of a poor peasant family in the Sumatran mountains.

Mananti Sitompul graduated from HIS in 1925 and continued his education at the Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs Padang.

Mananti Sitompul graduated from MULO in 1929 and then attended the Algemene Middelbare School in Yogyakarta.

Mananti Sitompul received a scholarship from the Rijstfonds to study at the Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng in 1935.

Mananti Sitompul left Java for his homeland of Northern Sumatra and arrived at Pematangsiantar.

Mananti Sitompul was arrested again in Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, before heading to Bukittinggi.

Mananti Sitompul returned to government in 1950, in the Halim Cabinet, and served as Public Works minister again until the dissolution of the cabinet.

Mananti Sitompul died on 27 February 1980 and was buried at the Bukit Barisan Heroes Cemetery in Medan, North Sumatra.