Portal:Indonesia/BOTW/51, 2006

Mohammad Hatta (August 12, 1902 - March 14, 1980) was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. He was Indonesia's first vice president, after being the country's Prime Minister. Known as "The Proclamator", he and a number of Indonesians, including the first president of Indonesia, Sukarno, fought for the independence of Indonesia from the Dutch East Indies. He studied in the Netherlands since 1921 until 1932. In fact, since his early education, he studied in Netherlands-based school in Indonesia.

Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukittinggi on 12 August 1902 into a prominent and devout Muslim family. He is often remembered as Bung Hatta ('Bung' being an affectionate title used to address colleagues, popular in early 1900s) and is still used by Indonesians.(Read more...)