
He was employed for about a year until he was appointed as the Head of the Etna Bay District in 1955. Hindom was first employed by the Sub-Division Administrative Head of Fakfak. Civil servant in Netherlands New Guinea įollowing his graduation from OSIBA, Hindom served as civil servants in various places in Netherlands New Guinea. He then continued his education at the Algemene Lagere School and the Opleidingschool voor Inheemse Bestuur Ambtenaren (OSIBA), a school for Papuan civil servants. Hindom began his education at the Hollandsch-Inlandsche School, Dutch school for native Papuans, and graduated from the school in 1949. Hindom was born on 23 December 1934 in Adora Village, a village located in the Fak-Fak Afdeling (regency). 6 Member of the Supreme Advisory Council.5.3 Splitting the province of Irian Jaya.2 Civil servant in Netherlands New Guinea.He died six years later on 11 March 2009. He was then appointed as a member of the Supreme Advisory Council in 1988, an office he held until 2003. He also oversaw the division of the province into three semi-official regions, the exploitation of the province's forests, and launched a campaign to abolish koteka.Īfter his first term ended, he ran in the next gubernatorial election, but withdrew several weeks after the election commenced. His transmigration program was criticized by various parties, ranging from the transmigrants themselves to Western environmentalists and human rights groups. He ended short his second term in the council after being appointed as vice governor on 22 November 1980 and became governor two years later on 4 August 1982 after his predecessor's death.ĭuring his tenure, he planned a massive transmigration program, which would resettle more than half a million transmigrants to the province. He was twice elected as a member of the People's Representative Council in 19. After Indonesia annexed Netherlands New Guinea, Hindom was appointed as a member of the Daily Governance Body in 1965.

Hindom worked at various civil servant posts during the Netherlands New Guinea era and unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the New Guinea Council. Izaac Hindom (23 December 1934 – 11 March 2009) was an Indonesian bureaucrat and politician who served as the governor of Irian Jaya (now Papua) from 1982 until 1988.īorn in Fak-Fak, Hindom began his education at a Dutch school for native Papuans and ended it in a school for Papuan civil servants. Member of the People's Representative Councilĭok II Jayapura Hospital, Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
