Teuku Mohammad Hasan

Teuku Muhammad Hasan
Portrait of Teuku Mohammad Hasan from an unknown date
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1st Governor of Sumatra
In office
29 September 1945 – 31 May 1948
DeputyMohammad Amir
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
Cabinet posts
Minister of Education
(acting)
In office
19 December 1948 – 13 July 1949
Head of governmentSjafruddin Prawiranegara
Preceded byAli Sastroamidjojo
Succeeded byKi Sarmidi Mangunsarkoro
Minister of Religious Affairs
(acting)
In office
19 December 1948 – 13 July 1949
Head of governmentSjafruddin Prawiranegara
Preceded byMasjkur
Succeeded byMasjkur
Minister of Home Affairs
(acting)
In office
19 December 1948 – 31 March 1949
Head of governmentSjafruddin Prawiranegara
Preceded bySoekiman Wirjosandjojo
Succeeded byWongsonegoro
1st Deputy Speaker of the
United States of Indonesia Senate
In office
25 February 1950 – 16 August 1950
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
United States
of Indonesia Senator
In office
16 February 1950 – 16 August 1950
ConstituencyIndonesia
Member of the
People's Representative Council
In office
16 August 1950 – 20 March 1956
Personal details
Born
Teuku Sarong

(1906-04-04)4 April 1906
Pidie, Dutch East Indies
Died21 September 1997(1997-09-21) (aged 91)
Jakarta, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyIndependent
Alma materLeiden University (M.L.)
OccupationPolitician

Teuku Mohammad Hasan (EVO: Teoekoe Moehammad Hasan; 4 April 1906 – 21 September 1997) was an Indonesian politician and national hero from Aceh, who served as the first and only governor of Sumatra from 1945 until 1948. He also served as a cabinet minister in Sjafruddin Prawiranegara's emergency cabinet and was a member of both the Senate of the United States of Indonesia (USI) and the Provisional People's Representative Council (DPRS) of the Republic of Indonesia.

Born to an aristocratic family in present-day Aceh, Teuku Mohammad Hasan studied law at Leiden University. During his time there, he joined the Perhimpoenan Indonesia association, becoming involved in the Indonesian independence movement. After graduating in 1933, he returned to Aceh, and became active in the Islamic organization Muhammadiyah. During the Japanese occupation, he was a member of the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence. Following the proclamation of independence, he was appointed governor of Sumatra by the Central Indonesian National Committee. After the fall of the Indonesian government in Yogyakarta, he took part in the emergency government (PDRI) headed by Sjafruddin Prawiranegara. In the PDRI, he filled the position of minister in the ministries of Home Affairs, Religious Affairs, and Education.

Following the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference and the end of national revolution, Teuku Mohammad Hasan served as a senator in the USI. During his time in the senate, he was elected deputy speaker to Melkias Agustinus Pellaupessy. After the dissolution of the USI and the establishment of a unitary state, he served as a member of the DPRS. In the DPRS, he advocated for oil companies operating in the country to be nationalized. He left the DPRS in 1955, and worked for the ministry of Home Affairs. During the New Order regime, he left politics entirely, and focused on education instead. In 1984, he founded the Veranda of Mecca University in Banda Aceh. He died in Jakarta, on 21 September 1997. In 2006, he was named a national hero by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.