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Johannes Leimena
Portrait of Johannes Leimena
Portrait, date unknown
Deputy Prime Minister
of Indonesia
In office
18 February 1960 – 25 July 1966
Serving with See list
PresidentSukarno
Preceded byDjuanda Kartawidjaja
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
In office
29 April 1957 – 5 July 1959
Serving with Hardi and Idham Chalid
PresidentSukarno
Preceded byIdham Chalid
Succeeded byDjuanda Kartawidjaja
3rd Chairman of the
Indonesian Christian Party
In office
9 April 1950 – 5 February 1961
Preceded byBasuki Probowinoto
Succeeded byAlbert Mangaratua Tambunan
Ministerial posts
14th Minister of Social Affairs
In office
9 April 1957 – 24 May 1957
Preceded byFatah Jasin
Succeeded byMuljadi Djojomartono
3rd Minister of Health
In office
12 August 1955 – 24 April 1956
Preceded byLie Kiat Teng
Succeeded byFerdinand Lumbantobing
In office
3 July 1947 – 30 July 1953
DeputySatrio (until 1948)
Preceded byDarma Setiawan
Succeeded byHadrianus Sinaga
1st Coordinating Minister for
Distribution
In office
10 July 1959 – 27 March 1966
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHartarto Sastrosoenarto
1st Deputy Minister of Health
In office
12 March 1946 – 27 June 1947
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySatrio
Council posts
Deputy Speaker of the
Supreme Advisory Council
(Acting)
In office
26 July 1966 – 14 February 1968
Preceded byMuhammad Ilyas
Succeeded byM. Sarbini
Member of the
Supreme Advisory Council
In office
26 July 1966 – 8 August 1973
Serving with 18 other members
Deputy Speaker of the
Constitutional Assembly
In office
9 November 1956 – 5 July 1959
Serving with 4 other members
Member of the
People's Representative Council
In office
24 March 1956 – 10 August 1959
ConstituencyMaluku
Personal details
Born
Johannes Leimena

(1905-03-06)6 March 1905
Ambon, Maluku, Dutch East Indies
Died29 March 1977(1977-03-29) (aged 72)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Resting placeKalibata Heroes Cemetery
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyIndonesian Christian Party (Until 1973)
Indonesian Democratic Party (From 1973)
Spouse
Tjitjih Wiyarsih Leimena
(m. 1933)
Children8, including Melani Leimena Suharli
Parents
  • Dominggus Leimena (father)
  • Elizabeth Sulilatu (mother)
Alma materSTOVIA
Occupation
SignatureSignature of Johannes Leimena
Nickname"Om Jo"
Military service
Allegiance Indonesia
Branch/service Indonesian National Navy
RankAdmiral (Titular)
AwardsNational Hero of Indonesia

Johannes Leimena (Often abbreviated as J. Leimana; 6 March 1905 – 29 March 1977), more colloquially referred to as Om Jo, was an Indonesian politician, physician, and National Hero of Indonesia. One of the longest-serving government ministers in Indonesia and the longest-serving under Sukarno's presidency, he filled the roles of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health. An Ambonese Christian, he served in the People's Representative Council and the Constitutional Assembly during the 1950's, and was the chairman of the Indonesian Christian Party from 1951 until 1960.

Leimena was born in Ambon, Maluku, but he grew up in Cimahi and later Batavia (today Jakarta). He became involved in Indonesian nationalist movements through the Ambonese youth group Jong Ambon, and he took part in the two Youth Congresses in 1926 and 1928. In addition, he participated in the Christian ecumenical movement during his time at Batavia's medical school (STOVIA), from which he graduated in 1930. After briefly working in a Batavian hospital, he moved to work at a missionary hospital in Bandung. In 1941, he became a chief physician of hospitals in Purwakarta and Tangerang throughout the Japanese occupation, during which he was briefly arrested and imprisoned. Following the proclamation of independence and the beginning of the Indonesian National Revolution, Leimena was appointed Deputy Health Minister, and later Health Minister. He retained his ministerial position through nine different cabinets across six years, and was a member of the Indonesian delegations in the Linggadjati, Renville, and Roem–Van Roijen Agreements, as well as the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference. During this time, Leimena founded the Indonesian Christian Party (Parkindo), and was elected the party's chairman in 1950. He also participated in national Christian organizations such as the Communion of Churches in Indonesia.

As Health Minister, Leimena envisioned a plan to provide preventive healthcare in rural areas, which, despite encountering difficulties during its 1954 implementation, became the precursor of the modern Puskesmas system. Leimena became Deputy Prime Minister in 1957 and became one of President Sukarno's closest aides. During the 30 September Movement and the ensuing political shifts, Leimena was heavily affected, his own house being attacked on the night of the incident. Leimena took part in many meetings to advise Sukarno, with some giving him credit for convincing Sukarno to take a course of action which avoided a civil war. Witnessing the signing of the Supersemar, he lost his position as a government minister after Sukarno's fall. Unlike many of his imprisoned colleagues, Leimena was still involved in politics, becoming a member of the Supreme Advisory Council until 1973. He died in 1977, and his body was interred at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery. In 2010, he was declared a National Hero of Indonesia by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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