Frans Kaisiepo
| Frans Kaisiepo | |
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Frans Kaisiepo as depicted in a 1999 stamp
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| 4th Governor of Papua | |
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In office 1964–1973 |
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| President |
Soekarno Soeharto |
| Preceded by | Elias Jan Bonai |
| Succeeded by | Acub Zaenal |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Frans Kaisiepo 10 October 1921  Biak, Papua, Dutch East Indies
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| Died | 10 April 1979 (aged 57) Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
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| Nationality |
Indonesia
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| Spouse(s) | Anthomina Arwam Maria Magdalena Moorwahyuni |
| Occupation | National Hero of Indonesia |
| Religion | Protestantism |
Frans Kaisiepo (10 October 1921 – 10 April 1979) was the fourth Governor of the Papua Province and a National Hero of Indonesia (Gelar Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia).
As the representative of Papua, he was involved in the Malino Conference (16 – 25 July 1946), where the formation of the Republic of Indonesia was discussed. He proposed the name Irian, which came from the Biak language.
Kaisiepo was born in Wardo on the island of Biak on 10 October 1921. He was educated at Sekolah Rakyat (Primary School) 1928–1931; LVVS Korido 1931–1934; Sekolah Guru Normalis at Manokwari 1934–1936; Bestuur Course, March – August 1945; and Bestuur School / Pamong Praja 1952–1954
The Japanese occupation of Indonesia during World War II resulted in the Dutch government lacking personnel in New Guinea. In order to satisfy this deficiency, in 1944, Resident J.P. van Eechoud established the Police Training School and the School of Civil Service (betuurschool) in Hollandia (present-day Jayapura). Eechoud is often called "Vader der Papoea’s" (father of the Papuans). That school had taught 400 people between the year 1944 – 1949, producing the most intellectual Irians that were involved in the battle.
The Indonesian declaration of independence on 17 August 1945 also affected many young learned men, among them Silas Papare, Albert Karubuy, and Marthen Indey. In 1946 in Serui, Silas Papare and a couple of his followers established a political pro-Indonesia organization called the Partai Kemerdekaan Indonesia Irian (PKII), or the Irian Indonesian Independence Party. On 14 August 1945 in Kampung Harapan Jayapura, Indonesia Raya Song was reveberated by Frans Kaisiepo, Marcus Kaisiepo, Nicolaas Jouwe and his friends. On 31 August, they held a ceremony where they hoisted the Indonesian flag and sang Indonesia Raya (Indonesia’s national anthem) followed by figures of Indonesian Committee of freedom such as : Frans Kaisiepo, Marcus Kaisiepo, Corinus Krey and M. Youwe. On 10th Juli 1946 in Biak Party Of Freedom of Indonesia (Partai Indonesia Merdeka) was founded with Lukas Rumkoren as the leader. One of the founders was Frans kaisiepo who at the time was the chief of Warsa District, North Biak.
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