Arnold Mononutu

Arnold Mononutu
Official portrait of Arnold Mononutu in 1951
Official portrait, c. 1951
8th Minister of Information
In office
20 December 1949 – 6 September 1950
Prime MinisterMohammad Hatta
Preceded byR. Syamsudin
Succeeded byR. Syamsudin
In office
27 April 1951 – 30 Juli 1953
Prime MinisterSoekiman Wirjosandjojo
Wilopo
Preceded byM. A. Pellaupessy
Succeeded byFerdinand Lumbantobing
1st Indonesian Ambassador to China
In office
28 August 1953 – 1955
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySukarjo Wiryopranoto
Rector of Hasanuddin University
In office
1960–1965
Preceded byK.R.M.T. Djokomarsaid
Succeeded byM. Natsir Said
Personal details
Born
Arnoldus Isaac Zacharias Mononutu

(1896-12-04)4 December 1896
Manado, Dutch East Indies
Died5 September 1983(1983-09-05) (aged 86)
Jakarta, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyPNI
SignatureSignature of Arnold Mononutu

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.