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[TITLE]

I. Orientation/Introduction
A. Who is your biography about?
B. When was this person born?
C. What was one event that happened in the world when he/she was alive?
D. What is one experience he/she had as a child?

II. Series of Events

A. What was the greatest influence on him/her? (people, ideas, events)
B. What is one important decision he/she made?
C. What was one problem he/she had in his/her life?
D. How did he/she solve that problem?
E. Accomplishments and Achievements
F. What was one thing he/she did that was important?
G. How did he/she prepare for his/her success? (education, practice, never gave up)

III. Reorientation
A. What is one way he/she affected or changed the world?
B. How are you affected by this important person?
 Muhammad Hatta
(TITLE])
I. Orientation/Introduction

Who is your biography about?

 Mohammad Hatta or often called Bung Hatta was the first Vice President of
Indonesia.
When was this person born?
 Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukit tinggi, West Sumatera on August 12th, 1902.
Who were his parents?
His father wasHaji Mohammad Djamil and his mother was Siti Saleha.
Who were his wife and children?
 His father died when he was eight months old. Hatta married to Rahmi Hatta on
November 18th, 1945.
 The couple had three children named Meutia Farida Hatta, Gemala Rabi’ah Hatta,
and Halida Nuriah Hatta

II. Series of Events

How did he/she prepare for his/her success? (education, practice, never gave up)

 Hatta started his education at a private school named Sekolah Melayu.

 He went to ELS (European Language School).

 He continued his school to MULO (Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs).

 Hatta began to show his interested in politics and national movement since he was
sixteen years old. He joined Jong Sumatranen Bond and he was chosen as the
treasurer.

 In 1919, Hatta went to Hogere Burgerschool (HBS) in Batavia (Jakarta).

 He finished his study with distinction in 1921 and he was allowed to continue his
study to Rotterdam School of Commerce in Netherlands.

 He took economics as his major and got a doctorandus degree.

 What is one important decision he/she made?

 He continued to pursue his doctorate degree, but he didn’t finish his thesis because
politics had taken over his life.
Accomplishments and Achievements
 In Netherlands Hatta joined the Indische Vereeniging. In 1922, Indische Vereeniging
changed its named to Indonesische Vereeniging (Perhimpoenan Indonesia).
 Hatta was the treasurer from 1922-1925 and then he became the chairman from 1926-
1930.
 Perhimpoenan Indonesia then changed from a student organization to political
organization that demand for Indonesia’s Independence.
 It expressed its voice through a magazine called Indonesia Merdeka of which Hatta
was the editor

What was one thing he/she did that was important?

 Hatta attended congresses all over Europe to gain more support from other nations, he
always as the chairman of Indonesia delegation.
 By the middle of 1927, Perhimpoenan Indonesia’s activites had alarmed the Dutch
authorities.

What was one problem he/she had in his/her life?

 On June 1927, Dutch authorities put Hatta and four other Indonesian activists in jail.
 In 1929, Hatta and other Perhimpoenan Indonesia activists were released.

Muhammad Hatta
Mohammad Hatta or often called Bung Hatta was the first Vice President of Indonesia.
Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukit tinggi, West Sumatera on August 12th, 1902. His father
is Haji Mohammad Djamil and his mother is Siti Saleha. His father died when he was eight
months old. Hatta married to Rahmi Hatta on November 18th, 1945. The couple had three
children named Meutia Farida Hatta, Gemala Rabi’ah Hatta, and Halida Nuriah Hatta.

Hatta started his education at a private school named Sekolah Melayu. Then he went to ELS
(European Language School). He continued his school to MULO (Meer Uitgebreid Lager
Onderwijs). Hatta began to show his interested in politics and national movement since he
was sixteen years old. He joined Jong Sumatranen Bond and he was chosen as the
treasurer.

In 1919, Hatta went to Hogere Burgerschool (HBS) in Batavia (Jakarta). He finished his study
with distinction in 1921 and he was allowed to continue his study to Rotterdam School of
Commerce in Netherlands. He took economics as his major and got a doctorandus degree.
He then continued to pursue his doctorate degree, but he didn’t finish his thesis because
politics had taken over his life.
In Netherlands Hatta joined the Indische Vereeniging. In 1922, Indische Vereeniging changed
its named to Indonesische Vereeniging (Perhimpoenan Indonesia). Hatta was the treasurer
from 1922-1925 and then he became the chairman from 1926-1930. Perhimpoenan Indonesia
then changed from a student organization to political organization that demand for Indonesia’s
Independence. It expressed its voice through a magazine called Indonesia Merdeka of which
Hatta was the editor.

Hatta attended congresses all over Europe to gain more support from other nations, he
always as the chairman of Indonesia delegation. By the middle of 1927, Perhimpoenan
Indonesia’s activites had alarmed the Dutch authorities. On June 1927, Dutch authorities put
Hatta and four other Indonesian activists in jail. In 1929, Hatta and other Perhimpoenan
Indonesia activists were released.