Zainal Abidin | |
Honorific Suffix: | Sutan Kumala Pontas |
Office1: | Governor of North Sumatra |
President1: | Sukarno |
Term1: | 25 January 1957 – 1 April 1960 Acting: 12 March 1956 – 25 January 1957 |
Predecessor1: | Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution |
Nationality: | Indonesia |
Zainal Abidin, more commonly known by his title, Sutan Kumala Pontas, was a former governor of North Sumatra.
He became acting governor after the previous governor, Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution, resigned.
He was inaugurated as a governor on 25 January 1957.[1]