Robert Wolter Mongisidi

Robert Wolter Mongisidi (Manado, 14 February 1925 – Makassar, 5 September 1949) was part of Indonesia's struggle for independence from the Dutch in South Sulawesi.

Robert was born in Malalayang (now part of Manado) and was the son of Petrus Mongisidi and Lina Suawa.

However, the Dutch sought to regain control of Indonesia after the end of World War II.

[2] On 17 July 1946, Mongisidi with Ranggong Daeng Romo and others formed the Indonesian people's resistance army in Sulawesi (Indonesian: Laskar Pemberontak Rakyat Indonesia Sulawesi (LAPRIS)), which continually harassed and attacked Dutch positions.

[4] Robert Wolter Mongisidi was posthumously named a national hero (Indonesian: Pahlawan Nasional) by the government of Indonesia on 6 November 1973.

Mongisidi's family surrounding his grave, 1950
Chris Soumokil, the Minister of Justice of East Indonesia at that time. He gave Mongisidi death sentence and rejected the request for amnesty by his colleagues and family. Soumokil would later face the same fate as Mongisidi, executed by firing squad on 12 March 1966. [ citation needed ]