Barnabas Suebu

Barnabas Suebu (born 29 April 1946)^[1] also known as Bas Suebu, is an Indonesian politician. He was the governor of the Indonesian province of Papua for two periods: 1988–1993 and 2006–2011. He wants to protect the province's forests, and has made plans to declare a moratorium on log exports and recommended that no new logging concessions be granted to timber companies. Suebu appeared on Time magazine's list of Heroes of the Environment October 2007.^[2]

Barnabas Suebu
Governor of Papua
In office 25 July 2006 – 25 July 2011
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Deputy	Alex Hesegem
Preceded by	Sodjuangon Situmorang
Succeeded by	Syamsul Arief Rivai
Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico
In office 17 January 1999 – 30 September 2002
President	B. J. Habibie Abdurrahman Wahid Megawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded by	Usman Hasan
Succeeded by	Ahwil Luthan
Governor of Irian Jaya
In office 13 April 1988 – 13 April 1993
President	B. J. Habibie Abdurrahman Wahid Megawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded by	Izaac Hindom
Succeeded by	Jacob Pattipi
Personal details
Born	(1946-04-29) April 29, 1946 (age 79) Sentani, Afdeeling Nieuw-Guinea, Dutch East Indies
Nationality	Indonesian
Political party	Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (until December 2010) NasDem (since December 2010)
Alma mater	Cenderawasih University
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Governor of Papua, member of Congress, ambassador

Early life, education, and career

Barnabas Suebu was born on 29 April 1946 in Sentani, Papua, to Bonifasius Suebu and Salomi Monim. Suebu obtained a Bachelor of Laws at Cenderawasih University in 1988. He was also a graduate from National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) in 1984.

He was the chairman of Irian Jaya KNPI (Indonesian Youth National Committee) in 1974 and 1975, speaker of Irian Jaya Legislative Assembly (1987–1988), adviser to the Minister for Research and Technology, a member of Congress (1997–2002) and Indonesian ambassador to Mexico, Honduras and Panama (1999–2002).^[3]

Personal life

Suebu is married and has six children.