Hatta, Our Modest Leader

        Muhammad Hatta, our first Vice President of Indonesia and he is a founder democracy economy. This son of Minang who dedicated her live for the people and the country was always said about a freedom in Colonialism Era. Who is him? How his way of life? Let’s check the paragraph below.

This simple man was born in August, 12^th 1902 in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera. When he was a baby, her father, Muhammad Djamil, passed away. He spent his teenage life in Padang. Since that time, he was interested with student movement. He was join the Jong Sumatranen Bond (Sumatra’s Students Association). As a treasurer, he realized that an organization needs a financial not only from external for moving, but also from internal. It needs the responsibility and discipline. So, he includes both of value into his self characters.

In 1921, he went to Rotterdam to study in the business school. Then he joined Indische Vereeniging that eventually became Perhimpunan Indonesia (PI). In this organization, Hatta constantly sent his article in some Indonesian newspapers. Every seminar or International joined by him. He and his friends always carried on the freedom of Indonesia. They wanted the international world knew about imperialism in Indonesia.

In July 1932, after graduated from his postdoctoral in the Dutch, he concerned to sent the political and economic articles. His ideas made angry the Colonial Government. Besides, he joined with PNI Party or Party of Pendidikan Nasional Indonesia. In this organization he met Soekarno and together with him, they fought to get a freedom until Indonesia which represented by Soekarno-Hatta declared their freedom in August, 17^th 1945. It’s the greatest day for Indonesian. After freedom day, Soekarno inaugurated as a President and Hatta as a Vice President of Indonesian Republic.

To be a second person in Indonesia didn’t make him to be arrogant, he has still low profile. Although, he hadn’t be a Vice President all of the people respect to him because of his attitude. Moreover, he had a little conflict with Soekarno that made him resign from his place, Soekarno still has good attitude with him.

That’s Hatta, our founding father who has a beautiful attitude. His character, his spirit is never estinguished.  He is the real statesman, a father of Indonesia.