Semuel Jusof Warouw

Semuel Jusof Warouw (abbreviated as S. J. Warouw; – 22 October 1983) was an Indonesian physician and politician who served as prime minister of the State of East Indonesia (NIT) for two months, from October to December 1947. Warouw also served as minister of health from 1947 to 1949, during the premierships of Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa, himself, and Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung.

Early life Born in 1900, he was of Minahasan descent. Warouw was educated at the Batavia Medical College (STOVIA), where he chaired an association of Minahasan students. He was an ophthalmologist by training, and also worked as a civil servant. In the 1930s, he had been elected to the city council of Manado. He advocated for a federal Indonesian state with strong Dutch ties, publishing a manifesto in 1946.

Political career When the State of East Indonesia (NIT) was established in December 1946, Warouw was working at the health bureau of Manado as a physician, and he was appointed Minister of Health in the cabinets of Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa. During Nadjamuddin's trip to New York City in mid-1947, he was appointed acting prime minister. While he managed to form a cabinet by 11 October (in which he continued to hold the office of Minister of Health), He later also headed Sulawesi's ophthalmological hospital. He was appointed the first president of the in 1964.

He died on 22 October 1983.