Lundu Panjaitan | |
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Member of the Regional Representative Council | |
In office 3 March 2006 – 1 October 2009 | |
5th Vice Governor of North Sumatra | |
In office 16 June 1998 – 16 June 2003 Serving with Abdul Wahab Dalimunthe | |
Governor | Tengku Rizal Nurdin |
Preceded by | Pieter Sibarani |
Succeeded by | Rudolf Pardede |
Regent of North Tapanuli | |
In office 16 February 1989 – 16 February 1994 | |
Preceded by | Gustav Sinaga |
Succeeded by | Tahan Sinaga |
Regent of Central Tapanuli | |
In office 5 September 1980 – 5 September 1985 | |
Preceded by | Bangun Siregar |
Succeeded by | Abdul Wahab Dalimunthe |
Personal details | |
Born | Pangaribuan, North Tapanuli, Japanese Dutch East Indies | 9 April 1941
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Lundu Panjaitan[1] (born 9 April 1941) was a Batak politician and bureaucrat. He began his career in bureaucracy as the assistant for administrative affairs in the office of the Governor of North Sumatra and became the Regent of Central Tapanuli in 1980. Since then, he has been appointed to several high positions in North Sumatra, such as the Head of the Tourism Bureau of North Sumatra, Regent of North Tapanuli, Chairman of the Provincial Investment Coordinating Board of North Sumatra, and the Deputy Governor of North Sumatra.
He contested in the 2004 election as the candidate for the Regional Representative Council, but lost the election. Although he lost the election, he was called to replace the seat of Raja Inal Siregar, who died after a plane crash.