Izaac Hindom | |
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| Member of the Supreme Advisory Council | |
| In office 6 August 1988 – 31 July 2003 | |
| President | Suharto B. J. Habibie Abdurrahman Wahid Megawati Sukarnoputri |
| 8th Governor of Irian Jaya | |
| In office 4 August 1982 – 13 April 1988 | |
| President | Suharto |
| Deputy | Sugiyono Poedjono Pranyoto |
| Preceded by | Busiri Suryowinoto |
| Succeeded by | Barnabas Suebu |
| Vice Governor of Irian Jaya | |
| In office 22 November 1980 – 4 August 1982 | |
| Governor | Soetran Busiri Suryowinoto |
| Preceded by | Jan Mamoribo Elias Paprindey (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sugiyono |
| Member of the People's Representative Council | |
| In office 28 October 1971 – 22 November 1980 | |
| President | Suharto |
| Constituency | Irian Jaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1934 Adora, Fak-Fak, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 11 March 2009 (aged 74) Dok II Jayapura Hospital, Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia |
| Political party | Golkar |
Izaac Hindom (23 December 1934 – 11 March 2009) was an Indonesian bureaucrat and politician who served as the governor of Irian Jaya (now Papua) from 1982 until 1988.
Born in Fak-Fak, Hindom began his education at a Dutch school for native Papuans and ended it in a school for Papuan civil servants. Hindom worked at various civil servant posts during the Netherlands New Guinea era and unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the New Guinea Council. After Indonesia annexed Netherlands New Guinea, Hindom was appointed as a member of the Daily Governance Body in 1965. He was twice elected as a member of the People's Representative Council in 1971 and 1977. He ended short his second term in the council after being appointed as vice governor on 22 November 1980 and became governor two years later on 4 August 1982 after his predecessor's death.
During his tenure, he planned a massive transmigration program, which would resettle more than half a million transmigrants to the province. His transmigration program was criticized by various parties, ranging from the transmigrants themselves to Western environmentalists and human rights groups. He also oversaw the division of the province into three semi-official regions, the exploitation of the province's forests, and launched a campaign to abolish koteka.
After his first term ended, he ran in the next gubernatorial election, but withdrew several weeks after the election commenced. He was then appointed as a member of the Supreme Advisory Council in 1988, an office he held until 2003. He died six years later on 11 March 2009.