Barnabas Suebu

Barnabas Suebu (born 29 April 1946)[1] also known as Bas Suebu, is an Indonesian politician. He was the governor of the Indonesian province of Papua for two periods: 1988–1993 and 2006–2011. He wants to protect the province's forests, and has made plans to declare a moratorium on log exports and recommended that no new logging concessions be granted to timber companies. Suebu appeared on Time magazine's list of Heroes of the Environment October 2007.[2]

Barnabas Suebu
Governor of Papua
In office
25 July 2006 – 25 July 2011
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
DeputyAlex Hesegem
Preceded bySodjuangon Situmorang
Succeeded bySyamsul Arief Rivai
Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico
In office
17 January 1999 – 30 September 2002
PresidentB. J. Habibie
Abdurrahman Wahid
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded byUsman Hasan
Succeeded byAhwil Luthan
Governor of Irian Jaya
In office
13 April 1988 – 13 April 1993
PresidentB. J. Habibie
Abdurrahman Wahid
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded byIzaac Hindom
Succeeded byJacob Pattipi
Personal details
Born (1946-04-29) April 29, 1946
Sentani, Afdeeling Nieuw-Guinea, Dutch East Indies
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyIndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (until December 2010)
NasDem (since December 2010)
Alma materCenderawasih University
OccupationPolitician
Known forGovernor of Papua, member of Congress, ambassador

Early life, education, and career

Barnabas Suebu was born on 29 April 1946 in Sentani, Papua, to Bonifasius Suebu and Salomi Monim. Suebu obtained a Bachelor of Laws at Cenderawasih University in 1988. He was also a graduate from National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) in 1984.

He was the chairman of Irian Jaya KNPI (Indonesian Youth National Committee) in 1974 and 1975, speaker of Irian Jaya Legislative Assembly (1987–1988), adviser to the Minister for Research and Technology, a member of Congress (1997–2002) and Indonesian ambassador to Mexico, Honduras and Panama (1999–2002).[3]

Personal life

Suebu is married and has six children.

References
  1. "Government of Papua province". Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  2. "Barnabas Suebu - Heroes of the Environment". Time. October 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  3. "Portal InfoPublik- Ditjen Informasi dan Komunikasi Publik". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
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