Muhammad Yamin (1903 – October 17 1962) was born in Talawi Sawahlunto in the heartland of the Minangkabau on the island of Sumatra Indonesia. He was the son of Tuanku Oesman Gelar Baginda Khatib (1856–1924) the penghulu andiko of Indrapura and author of a manuscript on Minangkabau adat laws that now is stored at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV).
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active years end date
1952-04-03, 1955-08-12, 1963-11-13
active years start date
1951-04-27, 1962-03-06
birth date
1903-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1903-08-24
birth place
Sumatra, Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
death date
1962-10-17
death place
Indonesia, Jakarta
nationality
Indonesia
office
6th Indonesian Minister of Law, Minister of National Education of Indonesia
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