Harun Al-Rasjid Zain

Harun Al Rasyid Zain, also known as Datuk Sinaro (Jawi: ; 1 March 192719 October 2014), was an Indonesian academics, economist and bureaucrat. He served as the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration in the Third Development Cabinet and for two periods (1967-1977) he was the governor of West Sumatra. He was also a Rector of the Andalas University in Padang, Indonesia.

Personal life Harun Zain is the sixth child of seven brothers from Sutan Muhammad Zain, a Pariangan-birth professor and a prominent language expert. He was born in Jakarta. His childhood was spent in large cities in Java such as Bandung, Batavia (now Jakarta), Yogyakarta and Surabaya as he follows his father who served as a teacher. Harun Zain proposed the Army Brigadier General Azwar Anas to become his successor.

Because of his education in the United States on labor economics as well as his experience as governor in one of the receiving provinces from the Indonesian Transmigration program, in 1978 he was appointed to become the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration in the Third Development Cabinet and served until 1983. After finishing his career in the cabinet, he became one of the member of the Indonesian Supreme Advisory Council (Dewan Pertimbangan Agung) from 1983 to 1988, which at that time was led by Maraden Panggabean. Between 1985 and 1977, Harun Zain was also a rector of the Mercu Buana University, Jakarta.

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