Arie Frederik Lasut
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Arie Frederik Lasut | |
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| 1st Chief of Mining and Geology of the Republic of Indonesia | |
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| Born | 6 July 1918 |
| Died | 7 May 1949 (aged 30) |
| Spouse | Nieke Maramis |
| Children | Winny Lasut |
| Profession | Chief of Mining |
Arie Frederik Lasut (Kapataran, 6 July 1918 – Pakem, 7 May 1949) was a National Hero of Indonesia, because of his involvement in the struggle for independence and his efforts to advance Indonesia’s mining and geological infrastructure during the nation’s beginnings. Arie Lasut was born in Kapataran, a village in the regency of Minahasa in the province of North Sulawesi. He was the eldest son of eight children born to Darius Lasut and Ingkan Supit.[1] His brother, Willy Lasut, went on to become governor of North Sulawesi.
Lasut attended a Hollandsch-Inlandsche School (HIS) in Tondano. Having been ranked first in his class, Lasut was given the opportunity to continue his studies at a Hollandsch Inlandsche Kweekschool (HIK) in Ambon. He finished his studies at HIK Ambon in 1933 and was one of the top students who were selected to attend HIK Bandung for the next level of teacher education. After only a year in Bandung, Lasut decided not to become a teacher and instead moved to Batavia (now Jakarta) to attend an Algemene Middelbare School (AMS) .[2]: 158 After graduating from AMS in 1937, Arie started medical school (Dutch: Geneeskundige Hooge School). The school is now the Department of Medicine at the University of Indonesia. His lack of sufficient funds forced him to drop out after just one year of studying.[3]: 40 In 1938, Lasut started working at the Department of Economic Affairs (Dutch: Departement van Economische Zaken).
A year later, Lasut attended Bandung Technical School (Dutch: Technische Hoogeschool te Bandung), which is present day Bandung Institute of Technology. His studies were discontinued again due to monetary reasons. He then applied for and was given a scholarship to become a geological assistant at the Mining Service (Dutch: Dienst van den Mijnbouw). With the start of World War II and the imminent Japanese forces pushing toward Indonesia. While at technical school in Bandung, Lasut was trained as a Corps Rerserve Officer by the Dutch to aid in the defense against the attacking Japanese forces. He eventually fought against the Japanese at Ciater in West Java. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Lasut worked at the Geological Service (Japanese: Chorisitsu Chosayo) in Bandung as an assistant in the field of geology. Along with R. Sunu Sumosusastro, Lasut was among a few Indonesians who were given such positions in the service by the Japanese.
