Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Office: | Speaker of the Regional People's Representative Council of Pematangsiantar |
Term Start: | 1987 |
Term End: | 1992 |
Office1: | Mayor of Pematangsiantar |
Term Start1: | 25 April 1967 |
Term End1: | 28 June 1974 |
Predecessor1: | Mulatua Pardede |
Successor1: | Sanggup Ketaren |
Birth Place: | Tanggabatu, Haranggaol, Dutch East Indies |
Birth Date: | 27 September 1927 |
Death Place: | Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia |
Allegiance: | Indonesia |
Branch: | Army |
Serviceyears: | 1943—1967 |
Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Battles: | Indonesian National Revolution Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 |
Laurimba Saragih (27 September 1927 – 7 June 2011) was an Indonesian politician and military person who became the Mayor of Pematangsiantar from 25 April 1967 to 28 June 1974.
Saragih was born on 27 September 1927 in Tanggabatu, Haranggaol, Dutch East Indies.[1]
Saragih began his military career during the Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies. He supported the Indonesian government during the period of the State of East Sumatra and the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia.[2] In 1965, he became the Commander of the Section 1 in the Military District Commander, and participated in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66.
He was inaugurated as the Mayor of Pematangsiantar on 25 April 1967. He ended his term on 28 June 1974. In 1985, he was appointed as the chairman for the Golkar branch in Pematangsiantar.
He was elected by the Regional People's Representative Council of Pematangsiantar as its speaker. During this term, he introduced the slogan Sipangambei Manoktok Hitei, which was the free translation of the national motto of Indonesia, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, in the Simalungun language.
He died at the age of 84 on 27 June 2011 at the Horas Insani Hospital in Pematangsiantar. He was treated for respiratory problems and high fever since two days before his death.
According to his family, Saragih was a heavy smoker, and he began to stopped smoking after he returned from umrah in 2009.
Saragih was married to Darijah Hasvy Hutasuhut.[3]