Willy Lasut
| Willy Lasut | |
|---|---|
| Governor of North Sulawesi | |
|
In office June 21, 1978 – October 20, 1979 | |
| President | Suharto |
| Preceded by | Hein Victor Worang |
| Succeeded by | Erman Hari Rustaman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 28 Tondano, North Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies |
| Died |
April 4, 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Indonesia |
| Service/branch |
 Indonesian Army |
| Rank | Major General |
Willy Ghayus Alexander Lasut (January 28 – 4 April 2003), was a military officer and governor of North Sulawesi. His brother, Arie Lasut, is a National Hero who was killed during the Indonesian National Revolution. His tenure as Governor of North Sulawesi was abruptly terminated after only 16 months in office.[1]:28 No official explanation was given, but during his time as governor, many of his actions were deemed disloyal to the central government.[2]:126 He enacted a plan that raised the price of the local commodity of cloves to 17.500 Rupiah.[3]:50 This greatly increased the livelihoods of local producers, but angered those outside of the province who were receiving "dividends" from clove sales.[1]:29 Lasut refused to resign and protested his dismissal by not attending the swearing in of his replacement.[4] Lasut died in 2003 and was buried in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta.
References
- 1 2 Jenkins, David (November 9, 1979). "The Broom that Swept Too Clean". Far Eastern Economic Review.
- ↑ Bunte, Marco; Ufen, Andreas (2008). Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia. Routledge.
- ↑ Topatimasang, Roem; EA, Puthut; Ary, Hasriadi (2010). KRETEK: Kajian Ekonomi & Budaya 4 Kota [CLOVES: A Economic and Cultural Study of Four Cities] (in Indonesian). Indonesia Berdikari dan Spasimedia.
- ↑ "Peluk Cium Buat yang Pergi" [A Hug and a Kiss for the One Leaving]. TEMPO (in Indonesian). October 27, 1979.