Nicolaas Jouwe
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Nicolaas Jouwe (24 November 1923[1][2] – 16 September 2017)[3] was a Papuan leader. He was elected Vice President of the New Guinea Council that governed the Dutch colony of Netherlands New Guinea.
As the president of the New Guinea Council, Jouwe was the highest ranking Papuan politician in the colony. After the colony was ceded to the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority in October 1962 and later to Indonesia six months later, Jouwe left New Guinea for the Netherlands, where he settled in the town of Delft. He vowed never to return to his native land if it were still occupied by Indonesia, but nevertheless resettled to West Papua in 2010 to die there.[4]
Jouwe died in West Papua on 16 September 2017 at age 93.[5]
References
- ↑ "Resensi Buku : Menggugah Nasionalisme Keindonesiaan Aktivis Papua Saat Ini - Jurnal Intelijen". Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- ↑ "Papuan leader says Netherlands created OPM to oppose Indonesia".
- ↑ "Nicholas Jouwe, Tokoh Legendaris Papua Tutup Usia – Kabar Nusantara". Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- ↑ blog.indonesiepagina.nl - Nicolaas Jouwe: 'Papua is een onderdeel van Indonesië' Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ ANP. (2017) "Oud-Papoealeider Nicolaas Jouwe (93) overleden" Nu.nl. 16 September.