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Mohammad Noor (24 June 1901 – 15 January 1979), known by his
Indonesian name Indonesian names and naming customs reflect the multicultural and multilingual nature of the over 17,000 islands in the Indonesian archipelago. The world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia is home to numerous ethnic groups, each with the ...
Pangeran Mohammad Noor and also written as P. M. Noor, was an Indonesian politician, independence fighter and first Governor of
Kalimantan Kalimantan (; ) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan. The non-Ind ...
. He was also member of the
Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence The Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (, abbreviated as BPUPK; , Hepburn: , Nihon-shiki / Kunrei-shiki: ), sometimes referred to, but better known locally, as the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Indo ...
and served as the Minister of Public Works between 1956 and 1959.


Early life

Mohammad Noor was born on 24 June 1901, in Martapura,
South Kalimantan South Kalimantan () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is the second most populous province on the island of Kalimantan, the Indonesian territory of the island of Borneo after West Kalimantan. The provincial capital was Banjar ...
, from an aristocratic family of the
Sultanate of Banjar The Sultanate of Banjar () was a nation-state of the Banjar in the form of a Islamic sultanate in Borneo which was founded in 1526 and existed until its dissolution in 1860 by the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies and its collapse ...
. Mohammad Noor was the great-great-grandson (''intah'') of the 17th Sultan of Banjar,
Adam of Banjar Adam (1776 – 1 November 1857), with the title al-Wathiq Billah, was the Sultan of Banjar who ruled from 1825 until his death in 1857, succeeding his father, Sulaiman of Banjar. During his reign, Banjar became a Dutch protectorate in accordance ...
. His father Prince Ali, was a district head, called ''kiai'', moving from one city to another. When he reached adulthood, he received a title "Prince" (''Pangeran''). After graduating from
Hollandsch-Inlandsche School Hollandsch-Inlandsche School (HIS) (Dutch school for natives) was a school during the Dutch East Indies, Dutch colonial era in Indonesia. The school, was first established in 1914, following with the enactment of the Dutch Ethical Policy. The scho ...
in 1917, he continued to
Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs ( Dutch, "more advanced primary education") was during part of the twentieth century a level of education in the Netherlands, Suriname and the Dutch East Indies. The system was comparable with the junior high school ...
and graduated in 1921, then graduated from Hoogere Burgerschool in 1923, and in 1923 entered the Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (THS) - a high technical school in
Bandung Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...
. In 1927, he received the title of Engineer within four years, a year after
Sukarno Sukarno (6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of the Indonesian struggle for independenc ...
(the first president of the Republic of Indonesia) graduated as an engineer.


Career

Pre-independence After graduating Mohammad Noor worked at the
Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 Au ...
, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Irrigation Department at
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from 1927 to 1929,
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from 1929 to 1931 and Batavia from 1931 to 1933. Returning to Banjarmasin, he replaced his father as a member of
Volksraad The Volksraad was a people's assembly or legislature in Dutch or Afrikaans speaking government. Assembly South Africa * Volksraad (South African Republic) (1840–1902) * Volksraad (Natalia Republic), a similar assembly that existed in the Natalia ...
, for the region of Banjarmasin. In 1942 during the
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he was appointed as head of the irrigation department and in 1945, Deputy Secretary General of the Department of Transportation and Public Works.


Death and honours

Noor died in Jakarta on 15 January 1979, 17 days after his wife, Gusti Aminah died. They were buried in Karet Bivak Cemetery before being moved to Sultan Adam Cemetery Complex, Martapura in June 2010. He was awarded the Mahaputera Star Class III in 1973 and declared a
National Hero of Indonesia National Hero of Indonesia () is the highest-level Orders, decorations, and medals of Indonesia, title awarded in Indonesia. It is posthumously given by the Government of Indonesia for actions which are deemed to be heroic, defined as "actual de ...
in 2018.


Legacy

P. M. Noor is also used in a
street name A street name is an identifying name given to a street or road. In toponymic terminology, names of streets and roads are referred to as odonyms or hodonyms (from Ancient Greek 'road', and 'name', i.e., the Doric Greek, Doric and Aeolic Gre ...
in several cities in Kalimantan, such as
Samarinda Samarinda is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River with a land area of . Samarinda was one of Indonesia's top ten City qu ...
,
Palangka Raya Palangka Raya or Palangkaraya is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian provinces of Indonesia, province of Central Kalimantan. The city is situated between the Kahayan River, Kahayan and the Sabangau River, Sabangau rivers on the island ...
, and
Banjarbaru Banjarbaru is the capital city of South Kalimantan, one of the provinces in Indonesia. It is located southeast of Banjarmasin, the largest city of the province. The city had a population of 199,627 as of the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, J ...
. A
hydroelectric power station Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and also mo ...
in Riam Kanan
Reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
was named after him.


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