Lie Kiat Teng
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17 August 1912
Mohammad Ali | |||||||||||
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,_p33.jpg) Lie in 1954 | |||||||||||
| 7th Minister of Health of Indonesia | |||||||||||
| In office 9 October 1953 – 12 August 1955 | |||||||||||
| President | Sukarno | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ferdinand Lumban Tobing | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Johannes Leimena | ||||||||||
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| Born | Lie Kiat Teng (李傑登) 17 August 1912 | ||||||||||
| Died | 21 July 1983 (aged 70) | ||||||||||
| Party | Indonesian Islamic Union Party | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 李杰登 | ||||||||||
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Mohammad Ali (born Lie Kiat Teng, 17 August 1912 – 21 July 1983) was an Indonesian doctor and politician. He served as the Minister of Health between 1953 and 1955.
Lie Kiat Teng was born in Sukabumi, West Java, on 17 August 1912.[1] He completed his primary schooling in Bandung.[2] In 1930, he enrolled at the Nederlandsch-Indische Artsen School in Surabaya;[2][3] he graduated in 1938.[4]
Lie spent time as a government doctor in Curup and Bengkulu.[3] He also practiced at the Rejang Lebong Gold Mine, as well as the Waringin Tiga Plantation Central Hospital.[1] After the Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies in 1942, Lie was made responsible for the government's health division in the Bengkulu Region.[4]
Following Indonesia's proclamation of independence in 1945, he was appointed county doctor in Palembang.[3] When the Dutch recaptured Palembang as part of their efforts to retake the Indonesian archipelago, Lie was compelled to step down and enter private practice.[5] During this period, he operated out of his home in Talang Djawa, Palembang;[2] he also owned and operated the Sin An Pharmacy.[5] Lie converted to Islam in 1946 and took the name Mohammad Ali. By the 1950s, he had joined the Indonesian Islamic Union Party (PSII) and been entrusted with its economic section.[3]