Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar

Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar, Senang Berorganisasi Sejak Kecil 

Menjadi Menteri Negara Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Perlindungan Anak bukanlah hal mudah. Banyak tantangan dan masalah yang harus diselesaikan. Oleh karena sejak kecil sudah aktif berorganisasi, Linda tak canggung lagi dengan lingkungan barunya. Perjalanan hidup Linda bisa Anda ikuti mulai nomor ini.

Jika ditanya saya berasal dari mana, mungkin bisa dibilang saya adalah orang Indonesia sejati. Ayah, H. Ahmad Tahir (alm.) berasal dari Salatiga, sementara kakek menikah dengan orang Melayu. Sedangkan Ibu, Hj. Rooslila Tahir (alm.), berayah orang Batak dan ibunya berasal dari Pariaman.

Ayah bekerja di TNI AD dan sempat menjabat sebagai Menteri Pariwisata, Pos dan Telekomunikasi, sedangkan Ibu aktif berorganisasi. Ibu pernah menjadi anggota DPR RI dan anggota Dewan Kesenian, ia seorang seniman dan wartawati. Beliau banyak bergerak di organisasi perempuan dan aktivis, bahkan punya sekolah di Medan.

Berhubung Ayah tentara, tugasnya pun selalu berpindah-pindah. Saya lahir di Kota Kembang, 15 November 1951, ketika ayah sedang bertugas di Bandung. Tapi, hanya sampai dua tahun di sana, lalu kami sekeluarga pindah ke Jakarta sampai sekarang. Uniknya, saya malah dapat suami, Agum Gumelar, yang asli orang Bandung. Ha ha ha.

Sering Berpindah-pindah
Saya diberi nama Linda Amalia Sari. Linda diambil dari bahasa Spanyol artinya manis. Lalu Amalia artinya anak yang diharapkan beramal baik dalam ilmu, selalu memperhatikan orang yang sedang kesulitan. Dalam falsafah agama, manusia harus banyak membantu orang. Sedangkan Sari artinya inti.

Setiap Ayah berpindah tugas, saya pun ikut pindah sekolah. Enam tahun di SD, ya enam kali pula pindah sekolah. Di usia 5-6 tahun saya sekolah di Roma, Italia ketika Ayah menjadi atase militer disana. Setahun disanapindah keJakartadi SD Cikini. Baru sebentar diJakarta, Ayah ditugaskan keBandungselama setahun.

Lantaran tahu akan dipindahkan ke Jakarta, sebelumnya kami

 

Inche Yusof bin Ishak

By Marsita Omar written on 27-Jul-2006

National Library Board Singapore

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Inche Yusof bin Ishak (b. 12 August 1910, Padang Gajah, Trong, Perak – d. 23 November 1970, Singapore) was Singapore’s first president when Singapore became a republic on 9 August 1965. The presidency was a natural transition as Inche Yusof had been the Yang di Pertuan Negara or the Head of State of Singapore since 3 December 1959, after Singapore achieved self-rule.  Inche Yusof became Singapore’s Head of State six months after the PAP won the first election in self-government Singapore on 30 May 1959. He replaced the first Yang di Pertuan Negara and last Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode.

Early life
Yusof Ishak was of Minangkabau descent. His ancestor was a Minangkabau nobleman, Datok Janaton, who together with his brother, Datok Setia, and 80 followers, migrated to Kedah in 1789 and swore allegiance to the Sultan of Kedah.

Yusof’s father was Ishak bin Ahmad, the eldest of nine children. Being English-educated, Ishak found work in the Malayan Administrative Service, serving as clerk in the District office in Taiping and later in the Fisheries Department.  In 1923, Ishak was transferred to Singapore to assume the position of Assistant Inspector of Fisheries.  He was the first non-European to be a Director of the Fisheries Department.

Yusof’s education started in the Malay school in Kuala Kurau, Perak, and later at the Malay School at Taiping. In 1921 he began his English studies at King Edward VII School, Taiping.  In Singapore, Yusof attended Victoria Bridge School (now Victoria School) for his primary education and Raffles Institution (RI) for his secondary education. He excelled both in the academic and extra-curricular fields.  He scored Distinctions in both the 1927 Cambridge School Certificate and in the Senior Cambridge Exams. Yusof was admitted into the prestigious Queen’s Scholarship Class at RI, a group of only 13 and Yusof was the only Malay. He missed the Queen’s Scholarship by a few points.

Outside the classroom, Yusof was a school athlete, representing RI in many games including hockey, cricket, swimming, water polo, basketball, boxing and weightlifting.  He emerged champion in boxing, winning the Aw Boon Par cup in 1932, and weightlifting, becoming the national lightweight champion in 1933.  Away from the court, Yusof was the co-editor of Rafflesian, a prefect, and the first student in the history of the National Cadet Corps to be made a Second Lieutenant. His years in RI exposed him to a multi-cultural environment where he learnt to appreciate the aspirations and hopes of the other communities.