Honorific-Prefix: | Major General (Titular) |
Ferdinand Lumban Tobing | |
Office: | Ministry of Manpower (Indonesia)Minister of Manpower and Transmigration of the Republic of Indonesia |
Order: | 1st |
Term Start: | 9 April 1957 |
Term End: | 10 July 1959 |
President: | Sukarno |
Predecessor: | Sabilal Rasjad |
Successor: | Achmadi |
Office2: | Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Indonesia)Minister of Communications and Information of the Republic of Indonesia |
Order2: | 10th |
Term Start2: | 30 July 1953 |
Term End2: | 12 August 1955 |
President2: | Sukarno |
Predecessor2: | Arnold Mononutu |
Successor2: | Sjamsuddin Sutan Makmur |
Office3: | Ministry of Health (Indonesia)a.i. Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia |
Order3: | 6th |
Term Start3: | 30 July 1953 |
Term End3: | 9 October 1953 |
President3: | Sukarno |
Predecessor3: | Johannes Leimena |
Successor3: | Lie Kiat Teng |
Term Start4: | 1948 |
Term End4: | 1950 |
Office4: | Governor of North Sumatra |
Predecessor4: | Sutan Muhammad Amin Nasution |
Successor4: | Sarimin Reksodiharjo |
Birth Date: | 1899 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sibuluan, Sibolga, Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies |
Death Place: | Djakarta, Indonesia |
Nationality: | Indonesian |
Signature: | Signature of Ferdinand Lumbantobing.svg |
Allegiance: | Indonesia |
Serviceyears: | 1945–1962 |
Rank: | Major General (Titular)[1] |
Battles: | Indonesian War of Independence |
Ferdinand Lumban Tobing (19 February 1899 – 7 October 1962) was Minister of Manpower and Transmigration of the Republic of Indonesia, Minister for Communications and Information of the Republic of Indonesia, Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, and Governor of North Sumatra, who is now regarded as a National Hero of Indonesia.[2]