Arnold Mononutu | |
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 Official portrait, c. 1951 | |
| 8th Minister of Information | |
| In office 20 December 1949 – 6 September 1950 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Hatta |
| Preceded by | R. Syamsudin |
| Succeeded by | R. Syamsudin |
| In office 27 April 1951 – 30 Juli 1953 | |
| Prime Minister | Soekiman Wirjosandjojo Wilopo |
| Preceded by | M. A. Pellaupessy |
| Succeeded by | Ferdinand Lumbantobing |
| 1st Indonesian Ambassador to China | |
| In office 28 August 1953 – 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Sukarjo Wiryopranoto |
| Rector of Hasanuddin University | |
| In office 1960–1965 | |
| Preceded by | K.R.M.T. Djokomarsaid |
| Succeeded by | M. Natsir Said |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arnoldus Isaac Zacharias Mononutu 4 December 1896 Manado, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 5 September 1983 (aged 86) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Political party | PNI |
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Arnoldus Isaac Zacharias Mononutu (4 December 1896 – 5 September 1983) was an Indonesian nationalist, politician, and national hero of Indonesia from North Sulawesi, who served as Minister of Information from 1949 until 1950, and the again from 1951 until 1953. He later became the first Indonesia Ambassador to China, as well as the third Rector of Hasanuddin University. A member of the Indonesian National Party, Mononutu was also involved in the struggle for Indonesia's independence. Having gained his sense of nationalism during his post-secondary studies in the Netherlands. In 2020, he was posthumously given the honorary title of National Hero of Indonesia.