Lamtiur Andaliah Panggabean

Lamtiur Andaliah Panggabean (26 October 19308 December 1995) was an Indonesian diplomat who served as her country's ambassador to Romania from 1990 until 1993.

Early life and education Lamtiur was born in Tanjungkarang, Lampung, on 26 October 1930 as the sixth of ten child of Johannes Panggabean and Milly Emma Siregar. Her father, Johannes Panggabean, left his birthplace in North Sumatra at a young age and work at a Dutch plantation in Lampung.

Johannes lost his job in Lampung following the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, and the family decided to leave Lampung for Jakarta. Lamtiur, who was in the fourth grade, had to leave her elementary school in Lampung and continue her education in Jakarta. Lamtiur finished her high school education at the Setiabudi High School in 1950. She initially wanted to become a physician and study medicine but cancelled after her father fell ill. She was attached to the Office of the Secretary-General of the Colombo Plan Conference in Yogyakarta in 1959. and from 1988 until 1993 she became an expert staff to the commission. She was later accredited as Indonesia's ambassador to Moldova in 1993.

Lamtiur attended the Golgotha Baptist Christian Church in Bucharest and was well-acquainted with the church's choir. She invited the choir to the Indonesian embassy twice, on 17 and 25 December 1992.

Lamtiur retired in 1993, and died in Rotterdam on 8 December 1995 due to cancer.

Personal life Lamtiur was a Baptist Protestant Christian.