Sam Ratulangi
| Sam Ratulangi | |
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| 1st Governor of Sulawesi | |
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In office 1945–1949 |
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| President | Ir. Soekarno |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Wilhelm Lapian |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi November 5, 1890 Tondano, North Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | June 30, 1949 (aged 58) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Nationality |
 Indonesia
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| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam |
| Occupation | National Hero of Indonesia |
| Religion | Christianity |
Dr. Gerungan Saul Samuel Jozias Ratulangi or Ratu Langie (November 5, 1890 – June 30, 1949), usually known as Sam Ratulangi, was a Minahasa politician, journalist and teacher from North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The son of Jozias Ratulangi and Augustina Gerungan, both from wealthy, well-respected Minahasa families, Sam Ratulangi was born in Tondano, North Sulawesi, at the time a part of the Dutch East Indies. He was a gifted student, who after completing his studies in Tondano and Batavia went to Amsterdam in the Netherlands for further studies. He graduated from a teacher's college as a science teacher in 1915, studied for two more years at the University of Amsterdam, and in 1919 earned his Ph.D. at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
On his return to Indonesia, he moved to Yogyakarta to teach science at a high school, and then moved on to Bandung to found the insurance company Assurantie Maatschappij Indonesia — the first known instance of the word "Indonesia" being used in an official document. He had already led some Indonesian students' associations in Europe, and in 1924 was appointed secretary of the Council of Minahasan Students. He used this position to lobby for more rights and is widely credited with getting the colonial government to abolish forced labor (or Herendiensten) in Minahasa.
Appointed to the Volksraad (the Dutch East Indies' parliament) in 1927, he continued to agitate for equal rights and was one of the founding members of the United Scholars of Indonesia (Vereniging van Indonesische Academici) in 1932. He continued to serve in the Volksraad until 1937, when he was arrested and jailed for several months due to his increasing political involvement. He then became the editor of Nationale Commentaren, a Dutch-language news and issues magazine.
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