Rasuna Said

Rangkayo Hj. Rasuna Said lahir di Maninjau, Sumatera Barat pada 14 September 1910. Rasuna Said adalah pedidik, tokoh politik, pejuang emansipasi sejak zaman Hindia Belanda. Rasuna Said adalah salah satu pendiri Persatuan  Muslimin Indonesia (Permi). Di zaman penjajahan Belanda, pidato-pidatonya yang menentang pemerintah Hindia Belanda membuatnya dipenjara pada 1932. Di awal kemerdekaan, Rasuna Said mewakili Sumatera Barat di KNIP. Pada masa perang kemerdekaan, ia terlibat di Front Pertahanan Nasional. Rasuna Said juga sempat menjadi anggota DPA. Rasuna Said wafat di Jakarta pada 2 Nopember 1965. Diangkat menjadi Pahlawan Nasional oleh Presiden Soeharto melalui Kepres No. 084/TK/Tahun 1974, tanggal 13 Desember 1974.   

Rasuna Said

Rangkayo Hj. Rasuna Said was born in Maninjau, West Sumatra on the 14th of September 1910. Rasuna Said was an educator, a politician, and emancipator since the Dutch Indies era. Rasuna Said was one of the founders of Persatuan Muslimin Indonesia (Permi). During the Dutch Colonial time. Her speeches against The Dutch Indies Government got her arrested in 1932. At the beginning of Independence, Rasuna Said represented West Sumatra at the KNIP. During the Independence War, she was involved with National Defence Front of Front Pertahanan Nasional. Rasuna Said was also a member of DPA. She died in Jakarta on the 2nd of November 1965. She was then proclaimed as a National Hero by President Soeharto through Presidential Act Number 084/TK/1974 on the 13th of December 1974.