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Place of Birth: Tompaso, Indonesia
About Herling Laoh
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- Herling Laoh (23 August 1902 – ?) was a former cabinet minister in several Indonesian cabinets.
- He received an Ingenieur degree (abbreviated as "Ir.", a Dutch type engineer's degree) in 1928 from Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (Bandung Institute of Technology).
- After the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, Laoh joined the Indonesian National Party or Partai Nasional Indonesia and was appointed to several cabinets from 1946 to 1950: Second Sjahrir Cabinet and Third Sjahrir Cabinet as Junior Minister of Public Works. First Amir Sjarifuddin Cabinet as Junior Minister of Public Works and then as Minister of Public Works when Mohammad Enoch resigned. Second Amir Sjarifuddin Cabinet as Minister of Public Works. First Hatta Cabinet as Minister of Public Works replacing Djuanda Kartawidjaja. Second Hatta Cabinet as Minister of Public Works and Minister of Transportation. Republic of the United States of Indonesia Cabinet as Minister of Transportation, Power, and Public Works.In 1949, Laoh served as an advisor in the Indonesian delegation during negotiations with the Dutch that produced the Roem–van Roijen Agreement.
- In 1950s, Laoh started several business ventures including NV Birokarpi, N.V.
- Perintis, and N.V.
- Paka.
- Perintis and Paka were joint ventures with the government.
- The Port of Bitung was constructed by Birokarpi under the supervision of Laoh.
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