Frans Kaisiepo
Frans Kaisiepo | |
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| 4th Governor of Irian Jaya | |
| In office 26 November 1964 – 29 June 1973 | |
| President | Sukarno Suharto |
| Deputy | Agus Subekti Mohammad Sarwono |
| Preceded by | Eliëzer Jan Bonaÿ |
| Succeeded by | Acub Zainal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1921 |
| Died | 10 April 1979 (aged 57) |
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| Children | Manuel Kaisiepo |
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Frans Kaisiepo (10 October 1921 – 10 April 1979) was a Papuan politician and Indonesian nationalist. He served as the fourth Governor of Papua Province. In 1993, Kaisiepo was posthumously declared a National Hero of Indonesia (Indonesian: Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia) for his lifelong efforts to unite West Irian with Indonesia. As the representative of Papua province, he was involved in the Malino Conference, where the formation of the United States of Indonesia was discussed.