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(2003-04-04)
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. 1 2 Jenkins, David (November 9, 1979). "The Broom that Swept Too Clean". Far Eastern Economic Review.
  2. Bunte, Marco; Ufen, Andreas (2008). Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia. Routledge.
  3. 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.
  4. "Peluk Cium Buat yang Pergi" [A Hug and a Kiss for the One Leaving]. TEMPO (in Indonesian). October 27, 1979.
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