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Dr.(HC) Drs. H. Mohammad Hatta (lahir dengan nama Mohammad Athar, populer sebagai Bung Hatta; lahir di Fort de Kock (sekarang Bukittinggi, Sumatera Barat), Hindia Belanda, 12 Agustus 1902 – meninggal di Jakarta, 14 Maret 1980 pada umur 77 tahun) adalah pejuang, negarawan, ekonom, dan juga Wakil Presiden Indonesia yang pertama. Ia bersama Soekarno memainkan peranan penting untuk memerdekakan bangsa Indonesia dari penjajahan Belanda sekaligus memproklamirkannya pada 17 Agustus 1945. Ia juga pernah menjabat sebagai Perdana Menteri dalam Kabinet Hatta I, Hatta II, dan RIS. Ia mundur dari jabatan wakil presiden pada tahun 1956, karena berselisih dengan Presiden Soekarno. Hatta juga dikenal sebagai Bapak Koperasi Indonesia.
Bandar udara internasional Jakarta, Bandar Udara Soekarno-Hatta, menggunakan namanya sebagai penghormatan terhadap jasa-jasanya.
Dr.(HC) Drs. H. Mohammad Hatta lahir dengan nama Mohammad Athar. Beliau populer sebagai Bung Hatta. [1] Namanya, Athar, berasal dari bahasa Arab, yang berarti "harum". "Oleh masyarakat Minangkabau, kata Athar ini sering diucapkan Atta, lama-kelamaan berubah menjadi Hatta." [2]
Mohammad Hatta lahir dari pasangan Muhammad Djamil dan Siti Saleha yang berasal dari Minangkabau. Ayahnya merupakan seorang keturunan ulama tarekat di Batuhampar, dekat Payakumbuh, Sumatera Barat. Sedangkan ibunya berasal dari keluarga pedagang di Bukittinggi.
Ia merupakan anak kedua, setelah Rafiah yang lahir pada tahun 1900. Sejak kecil, ia telah dididik dan dibesarkan dalam lingkungan keluarga yang taat melaksanakan ajaran agama Islam. Kakeknya dari pihak ayah, Abdurahman Batuhampar dikenal sebagai ulama pendiri Surau Batuhampar, sedikit dari surau yang bertahan pasca-Perang Padri. Sementara itu, ibunya berasal dari keturunan pedagang. Beberapa orang mamaknya adalah pengusaha besar di Jakarta.
Ayahnya meninggal pada saat ia masih berumur tujuh bulan. Setelah kematian ayahnya, ibunya menikah dengan Agus Haji Ning, seorang pedagang dari Palembang, Haji Ning sering berhubungan dagang dengan Ilyas Bagindo Marah, kakeknya dari pihak ibu. Dari perkawinan Siti Saleha dengan Haji Ning, mereka dikaruniai empat orang anak, yang kesemuanya adalah perempuan.
Pada 18 November 1945, Hatta menikah dengan Rahmi Hatta dan tiga hari setelah menikah, mereka bertempat tinggal di Yogyakarta.
Kemudian, dikarunai 3 anak perempuan yang bernama Meutia Farida Hatta, Gemala Rabi’ah Hatta, dan Halida Nuriah Hatta.
Hatta wafat pada tanggal 14 Maret 1980 pk18.56 di Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo Jakarta setelah sebelas hari ia dirawat di sana. Selama hidupnya, Bung Hatta telah dirawat di rumah sakit sebanyak 6 kali pada tahun 1963, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1979, dan terakhir pada 3 Maret 1980. Keesokan harinya, dia disemayamkan di kediamannya Jalan Diponegoro 57, Jakarta dan dikebumikan di TPU Tanah Kusir, Jakarta disambut dengan upacara kenegaraan yang dipimpin secara langsung oleh Wakil Presiden pada saat itu, Adam Malik. Ia ditetapkan sebagai pahlawan proklamator pada tahun 1986 oleh pemerintahan Soeharto.
Setelah wafat, Pemerintah memberikan gelar Pahlawan Proklamator kepada Bung Hatta pada 23 Oktober 1986 bersama dengan mendiang Bung Karno. Pada 7 November 2012, Bung Hatta secara resmi bersama dengan Bung Karno ditetapkan oleh Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sebagai Pahlawan Nasional.
Dr.(HC) Drs. H. Mohammad Hatta was born with the name Mohammad Athar. He is popularly known as Bung Hatta. (Brother Hatta) [1]
His name, Athar, comes from the Arab, and means fragrant. "By the Minangkabau people, the word Athar is often pronounced Atta, and slowly changed to become Hatta." [2]
In reality, Bung Hatta has no last name. The name Athar, which became Atta then Hatta, is a personal name rather than a surname. The closest the Minangkabau come to a last name is their village of origin, sometimes used as a kind of surname. Bung Hatta did not use his, but his grandfather did.
He was born in Fort De Kock (now known as Bukittinggi in West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies) on 12th August 1902 and died in Jakarta on the 14th March 1980 at the age of 77 years.
Muhammad Hatta was born to Hadji Muhammad Djamil, a respected ulema (Islamic scholar) and his wife Siti Saleha, both from the Minangkabau tribe. His father descended from a line of religious scholars in Batuhampar, near Payakumbuh.
He was the second son to the couple, the first being Rafiah, who was born in 1900. From a young age, he was educated and brought up in a family circle that was obedient to the teachings of Islam.
His father's father Abdurahman Batuhampar was known as a Muslim scholar who founded the Suau Batuhampar (a religious school). His mother was from a trading family.
His father died when he was eight[3] months old. His mother then married Agus Haji Ning, a trader from Palembang. Haji Ning had a trading connection with Ilyas Bagindo Marah, Hatta's mother's father. The second marriage of his mother produced four daughters.
He was a warrior, statesman, economist, and also the first Vice President of Indonesia.
Together with Sukarno, he played an important role in gaining independence from Dutch colonialism and in proclaiming it on 17th August 1945. He was Prime Minister in the Hatta I, Hatta II and in the constitution.
He stepped down from the position of Vice President in 1956 because he had difficulties with Sukarno. Hatta is also known as Bapak Koperasi Indonesia. (The Father of the Corporation of Indonesia).
The main airport in Jakarta is called Sukarno-Hatta Airport using both names of the two first senior politicians of Indonesia out of respect for their services.
On 18th November 1945, Hatta married Rahmi Hatta and three days after they married, they took up residence in Yogyakarta.
Afterwards, they were blessed by three daughters, named Meutia Farida Hatta, Gemala Rabi’ah Hatta, and Halida Nuriah Hatta.
Hatta died on the 14th March 1980 at 18:56 in the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta after 11 days of care there. While he lived, Bung Hatta had been cared for in hospital 6 times in 1963, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1979, and finally on 3rd March 1980. The next day he was buried from his residence in Jl Diponegoro 57, Jakarta at TPU Tanah Kusir, Jakarta accompanied by national ceremonies which was led by the Vice President at the time, Adam Malik. He was recognised as Proclaimer Hero in 1986 by the Soeharto government.
After he died, the government gave him the title "Pahlawan Proklamator" (Proclaimer Hero) on 23 October 1986 together with the late Bung Karno. On 7th Nvember 2012 Bung Hatta together with Bung Soekarno was established by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as a National Hero.
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Sue Scarcella had the great privilege to meet and interview Gemala Hatta, Mohammad Hatta's daughter (and member of the Indonesian parliament) in the late 70s.