Ong Eng Die

Ong Eng Die
9th Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia
In office
30 July 1953 – 12 August 1955
President Sukarno
Preceded by Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo
Succeeded by Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo
Personal details
Born 20 June 1910
Netherlands Gorontalo, Dutch East Indies
Spouse(s) Gertrud Wilhelmine Höhnerbach
Children two sons

Ong Eng Die, also known as Wang Yongli (born 20 June 1910),[1] was a Chinese Indonesian politician and economist.

Ong was born in Gorontalo, Indonesia on 20 June 1910, the son of Teng Hoen and Soei Djok Thie.[2] He graduated from the University of Amsterdam's economics department in 1940 and obtained his doctorate at the same university in 1943 upon completing his dissertation Chineezen in Nederlandsch-Indië, een Sociografie van een Indonesische Bevolkingsgroep.[3]

In 1946 he returned to Indonesia and started work at the Central Bank of Indonesia in Yogyakarta. From 1947 to 1948 he was Deputy Minister of Finance in the administration of the first Prime Minister Amir Sjarifuddin. He was adviser to the Indonesian delegation during the negotiations that led to the Renville Agreement. He joined the Indonesian National Party (PNI) and in 1955 became Minister of Finance in the Ali Sastroamidjojo Cabinet. After his resignation, he was placed under house arrest on charges of corruption in August 1955.[4] He was arrested in 1957 on charges of corruption when he was Minister of Finance in the Ali Sastroamidjojo Cabinet. He was accused of providing credit, during his office, of 20,000,000 rupiah to Bank Umum Nasional in Bandung, a bank established by himself and others in 1952, in which he himself was a major shareholder.

He returned to Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1964. He and his German wife were granted Dutch citizenship in 1967, when his occupation was listed as businessman. He and his wife continued to live in Amsterdam until their divorce in 1975, upon which he moved to The Hague. The couple had two sons.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Biographical data on Ong Eng Die (Indonesian)
  2. ↑ Archiefkaart, Stadsarchief Amsterdam
  3. ↑ O.E. Die at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum website
  4. ↑ De Telegraaf, 22 August 1955, and other newspapers
  5. ↑ Archiefkaart, Stadsarchief Amsterdam