{{Short description|Indonesian politician (1957–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = | native_name = <!--The person's name in their own language, if different.--> | native_name_lang = <!--ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} in |native_name= instead.--> | honorific_suffix = | image = Alex Hesegem, Buku Kenangan Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia 1999-2004, p734.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Vice Governor of Papua | status = <!--If this is specified, overrides Incumbent.--> | term_start = 25 July 2006 | term_end = 25 July 2011 | governor = Barnabas Suebu | predecessor = Constant Karma | successor = Klemen Tinal | order2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | office2 = Member of the People's Representative Council | term_start2 = 27 April 2001 | term_end2 = 1 October 2004 | predecessor2 = Jacobus Perviddya Solossa | parliamentary_group2 = Golkar | constituency2 = Jayawijaya | office3 = Member of the People's Consultative Assembly | term_start3 = 1 October 1999 | term_end3 = 1 October 2004 | parliamentary_group3 = Regional Delegates <small>(1999{{spnd}}2001)</small><br>Golkar <small>(2001{{spnd}}2004)</small> | constituency3 = Papua | office4 = Member of the Irian Jaya Regional People's Representative Council | term_start4 = 18 July 1997 | term_end4 = September 1999 | parliamentary_group4 = Golkar | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1957|07|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Wamena, Centraal Nieuw-Guinea, Dutch New Guinea | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|06|20|1957|07|14|df=y}} | death_place = Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Golkar {{small|(until December 2010)}}<br/>NasDem {{small|(December 2010–2019)}}<br/>Berkarya Party {{small|(since 2019)}} | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | spouse = Amelia Infandi | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = {{ubl|Elsye Hesegem|Samuel Minyeak Hesegem|Margaretha Eragape Hesegem|Dorkas Aleyda Aksamina Hesegem|Izhak Dortheus Hesegem}} | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = {{ill|Jan Mamoribo|id}} (stepfather) | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = <!-- Net worth should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = }} '''Alex Hesegem''' (14 July 1957{{Spnd}}20 June 2021) was an Indonesian politician. He was a member of parliament from 2001 until 2004 and the Vice Governor of Papua from 2006 until 2011.
== Early life == Alex Hesegem was born on 14 July 1957 in Wamena, the capital of present-day Jayawijaya Regency. When he was born, his parents handed him over to Arnold Sawaki, an evangelist who was conducting a mission in Kurima, a small village in the Yahukimo Regency. Several years later, he was adopted by {{Interlanguage link|Jan Mamoribo|id}}, a Protestant prelate who was visiting Kurima.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=BP AM Sinode GKI Di Tanah Papua|title=Pegangan Pelayan Ibadah, 67 Khotbah Tahun 2021, GKI di Tanah Papua|year=2020|location=Jayapura|pages=1–8}}</ref> Mamoribo then brought him to Jayapura and enrolled him at an elementary school owned by the Paulus Christian Education Foundation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2013|title=Alex Hesegem|url=http://dct.kpu.go.id/images/dokumen/DPR/9101/01/04.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621035703/http://dct.kpu.go.id/images/dokumen/DPR/9101/01/04.pdf|archive-date=21 June 2021|access-date=21 June 2021|website=General Elections Commission}}</ref>
While he was in elementary school, his stepfather was elected as the Speaker of the Irian Jaya (now Papua) Regional People's Representative Council in 1971. Two years later, Mamoribo became the Vice Governor of Irian Jaya, and along with it he graduated from elementary school. He continued his education at a junior high school and finished in 1976. However, not long after his graduation from junior high school, his father died in Jakarta after a work trip to New York.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
After his father's death, Hesegem attended the Higher Administration Education Course and graduated from the course in 1981. He then pursued further education at the Ottow and Geisler Academy for Economics for six years, but dropped out in 2000. He studied at the Entrepreneur University of Indonesia and graduated with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 2003.<ref name=":1" />
== Bureaucratic career == A year after he graduated from junior high school, Hesegem began to work as an honorary employee at Irian Jaya's regional secretariat. After working for seven years, he became a civil servant candidate and was promoted to a full-time civil servant in 1986.<ref name=":1" />
== Political career == Hesegem entered the Indonesian Youth Renewal League — the youth wing of the Golkar party — in 1983. He was appointed a deputy secretary inside the league in the same year and rose through the ranks to become the secretary of the league's advisory body in 1994. He became a member of the Golkar party's Papuan Central Committee in 1993 and became its deputy secretary in 1997.<ref name=":1" />
Hesegem was nominated as a candidate for the Irian Jaya Regional People's Representative Council (the province's parliament) in the 1997 Indonesian legislative election. He was elected as a council member and was sworn into office on 18 July 1997. Several months later, Hesegem was nominated by the province's parliament as a regional delegate to the People's Consultative Assembly. His nomination was approved and he was installed on 1 October 1999.<ref name=":1" /> During his tenure as a regional delegate, Hesegem advocated for the formation of a separate parliamentary group for regional delegates.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 August 2000|title=Forum UD Perjuangkan Fraksi Tersendiri|page=6|work=Kompas|url=http://www.kompasdata.id/Search/NewsDetail/18039073|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>
After serving as regional delegate for two years, Hesegem was appointed a member of the People's Representative Council from the Jayawijaya electoral district on 27 April 2001, replacing Jacobus Perviddya Solossa who was elected as the Governor of Papua a year before.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Kusuma|first1=Dyah|last2=Dewanto|first2=Hario|date=2001-04-28|title=TNI Membantah Pergantian Anggota Fraksi TNI/Polri Dadakan|url=https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/11993/tni-membantah-pergantian-anggota-fraksi-tnipolri-dadakan|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Liputan 6|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516175233/https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/11993/tni-membantah-pergantian-anggota-fraksi-tnipolri-dadakan |archive-date=16 May 2018 }}</ref> Hesegem was seated in Commission IV of the People's Representative Council, which handles law, human rights, and security. He was involved in the discussion of various legislative pieces, such as the bill on water resources, formation of the East Sulawesi Province, and the special autonomy of Papua. His term ended on 1 October 2004.<ref name=":03">{{cite news|author=Tim Penyusun|date=2004|title=Buku Kenangan Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia 1999-2004|page=734|work=Secretariat General of the People's Representative Council|location=Jakarta|url=http://repositori.dpr.go.id/17/1/BUKU%20KENANGAN%20ANGGOTA%20DPR-RI%201999-2004.pdf|access-date=25 April 2021|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129045524/http://repositori.dpr.go.id/17/1/BUKU%20KENANGAN%20ANGGOTA%20DPR-RI%201999-2004.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Vice Governor of Papua == Hesegem became the running mate of Barnabas Suebu, a former governor and ambassador, in the 2006 Papua gubernatorial election.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 March 2006|title=Rakyat Papua Gelar Pilkada, 5 Pasang Cagub Bertarung|url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-556213/rakyat-papua-gelar-pilkada-5-pasang-cagub-bertarung|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=detiknews|language=id-ID|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202709/https://news.detik.com/berita/d-556213/rakyat-papua-gelar-pilkada-5-pasang-cagub-bertarung |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> The pair won the election with 354,763 votes, defeating the second-placed Lukas Enembe and Arobi Aituwarau with a thin margin of 21,134 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Liputan6.com|date=2006-04-03|title=Barnabas Suebu Gubernur Papua Terpilih|url=https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/120474/barnabas-suebu-gubernur-papua-terpilih|access-date=2021-06-21|website=liputan6.com|language=id}}</ref> Enembe disputed the results, stating that he won the election instead and requesting the Supreme Court to recount the votes. Enembe's legal representatives stated that Suebu and Hesegem had conducted vote-rigging in the Yahukimo Regency. The Supreme Court rejected the dispute and declared Suebu and Hesegem as the definitive winner.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Abdurachman|first1=Fira|last2=Efendi|first2=Irfan|date=2006-05-09|title=Sidang Gugatan Pilkada Papua Digelar|url=https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/122505/sidang-gugatan-pilkada-papua-digelar|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Liputan 6|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201356/https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/122505/sidang-gugatan-pilkada-papua-digelar |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> A similar allegation were later brought by the third-place pair John Ibo and Pascalis Cossi, but was met by the same decision from the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MA Tolak Gugatan John Ibo|url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-600763/ma-tolak-gugatan-john-ibo|access-date=2021-06-21|website=detiknews|language=id-ID}}</ref> Hesegem was then sworn in as the vice governor of Papua on 25 July 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Levi|first=Cunding|date=2006-07-25|title=Barnabas Suebu Dilantik Jadi Gubernur Papua|url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/80603/barnabas-suebu-dilantik-jadi-gubernur-papua|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Tempo|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203311/https://nasional.tempo.co/read/80603/barnabas-suebu-dilantik-jadi-gubernur-papua |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref>
Three months after he assumed the office of vice governor, Hesegem led a mediation to resolve a tribal conflict between the Central Kwamki Lama and Upper Kwamki Lama, both of which were localities in Timika. During the mediation process, both parties demanded compensation from each other. The mediation resulted in a peace treaty between the two parties and a 500-meter-wide demarcation line was set between Central Kwamki Lama and Upper Kwamki Lama.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Liputan6.com|date=2006-09-07|title=Kelompok di Papua Mulai Berunding|url=https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/128764/kelompok-di-papua-mulai-berunding|access-date=2021-06-21|website=liputan6.com|language=id}}</ref> However, when a similar conflict occurred again in 2007, Hesegem called for the police force to arrest provocateurs that caused the conflict to re-occur. He also elaborated that the provocateurs were those who signed the peace treaty earlier in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Levi|first=Cunding|date=27 October 2007|title=Wagub Papua: Tangkap Pelaku Perang Suku di Timika|work=Tempo|url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/110223/wagub-papua-tangkap-pelaku-perang-suku-di-timika|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>
Hesegem and Suebu moved from their original party — Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle respectively — to the NasDem Party on 2 December 2010. Hesegem became the chairman of the Papua's branch of the party.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wibisono|first=Kunto|date=2010-12-02|title=Surya Paloh Lantik Pengurus Nasdem Papua|url=https://www.antaranews.com/berita/236102/surya-paloh-lantik-pengurus-nasdem-papua|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Antara News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203201/https://www.antaranews.com/berita/236102/surya-paloh-lantik-pengurus-nasdem-papua |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref>
== Later life == After ending his term on 25 July 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-25|editor-last=Margianto|editor-first=Heru|title=Pelantikan Pj Gubernur Papua dan Papua Barat Diwarnai Demo|url=https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2011/07/25/13202480/Pelantikan.Pj.Gubernur.Papua.dan.Papua.Barat.Diwarnai.Demo|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Kompas|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202612/https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2011/07/25/13202480/Pelantikan.Pj.Gubernur.Papua.dan.Papua.Barat.Diwarnai.Demo |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> Hesegem was rumored to ran again as the running mate of Suebu. The possibility of nominating the pairs were discussed internally by several parties inside Papua's parliament. However, it was later revealed that Hesegem refused to run again with Suebu, as the two had been seen experiencing disagreements with each other after Hesegem refused to attend the handover ceremony from Suebu to an acting office holder.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PDIP Rekomendasikan Bas-Hesegem, Ditepis|url=http://www.tanahku.west-papua.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2036&Itemid=27|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Tanahku West Papua|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203346/http://www.tanahku.west-papua.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2036&Itemid=27 |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaka Bas Gandeng John Tabo|url=http://www.tanahku.west-papua.nl/index.php/nieuwsberichten/2155.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Tanahku West Papua|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204152/http://www.tanahku.west-papua.nl/index.php/nieuwsberichten/2155.html |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> Hesegem then decided to ran in the next gubernatorial election as a governor candidate. Although he initially announce deputy speaker Komaruddin Watubun as his vice governor candidate,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-11|editor-last=Kusumaputra|editor-first=Robert Adhi|title=Baliho Pasangan Cagub Marak|url=https://www.kompas.com/bola/read/2011/09/11/12035278/Baliho.Pasangan.Cagub.Marak|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Kompas|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202726/https://www.kompas.com/bola/read/2011/09/11/12035278/Baliho.Pasangan.Cagub.Marak |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> the Papuan parliament barred him from becoming a candidate in the election as he was not an indigenous Papuan. Hesegem eventually registered with former head of forestry bureau Marthen Kayoi as his running mate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prasetyo|first=Erwin Edhi|date=2012-06-22|title=DPRP Segera Tetapkan Nama Calon|url=https://regional.kompas.com/read/2012/06/22/19301071/DPRP.Segera.Tetapkan.Nama.Calon|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=KOMPAS.com|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203112/https://regional.kompas.com/read/2012/06/22/19301071/DPRP.Segera.Tetapkan.Nama.Calon |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> Hesegem only obtained 72,120 votes — 3 percent of the votes — and lost the election to his former opponent, Lukas Enembe, who this time ran with Klemen Tinal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=RWN/RUL/WHO/EGI/COK|date=14 February 2013|title=Lukas, Gubernur Papua Terpilih|url=https://regional.kompas.com/read/2013/02/14/10091727/Lukas.Gubernur.Papua.Terpilih|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521174022/https://regional.kompas.com/read/2013/02/14/10091727/Lukas.Gubernur.Papua.Terpilih|archive-date=21 May 2021|access-date=21 May 2021|website=KOMPAS.com|language=id}}</ref> Although Hesegem and other losing candidates refused to ratify the results,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Herawati|date=2013-02-14|title=Lima Cagub menolak hasil pleno KPU Papua|url=https://daerah.sindonews.com/berita/717744/28/lima-cagub-menolak-hasil-pleno-kpu-papua|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Sindo News|language=id-ID|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203138/https://daerah.sindonews.com/berita/717744/28/lima-cagub-menolak-hasil-pleno-kpu-papua |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> the General Elections Commission declared Lukas and Tinal as the winner of the election.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-03-11|title=MK Kukuhkan Kemenangan Lukas-Klemen di Pilgub Papua|url=https://www.jpnn.com/news/mk-kukuhkan-kemenangan-lukas-klemen-di-pilgub-papua|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=JPNN|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203949/https://www.jpnn.com/news/mk-kukuhkan-kemenangan-lukas-klemen-di-pilgub-papua |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref>
Hesegem ran as a candidate for the People's Representative Council in the 2014 general election. He lost in this election and moved to the Berkarya Party several years later. He ran again for the People's Representative Council in the next election, but lost again.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-05-18|title=Tumbangnya Para Pejabat Pada Pemilu 2014 Di Dapil Papua|url=http://www.nabire.net/tumbangnya-para-pejabat-pada-pemilu-2014-di-dapil-papua/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Nabire.Net|language=id-ID}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=KBR|title=KENALI CALEG - ALEX HESEGEM, SE (Daerah Pemilihan Papua)|url=https://kbr.id/kenalicaleg/2019/caleg/alex-hesegem--se/4523.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=kbr.id|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201846/https://kbr.id/kenalicaleg/2019/caleg/alex-hesegem--se/4523.html |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref>
== Death == Hesegem died on 20 June 2021, at the Jayapura Hospital after being treated for three days due to complications from diabetes and pneumonia. He also had tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suwandi|first=Dhias|date=2021-06-20|title=Mantan Wakil Gubernur Papua Alex Hesegem Meninggal|url=https://regional.kompas.com/read/2021/06/20/131650378/mantan-wakil-gubernur-papua-alex-hesegem-meninggal|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Kompas|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620063117/https://regional.kompas.com/read/2021/06/20/131650378/mantan-wakil-gubernur-papua-alex-hesegem-meninggal |archive-date=20 June 2021 }}</ref> He was planned to be buried at the Trikora Heroes Cemetery in Jayapura.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bimantara|first=Aldi|date=21 June 2021|editor-last=Tambunan|editor-first=Paul Manahara|title=Alex Hesegem Menurut Pendeta Utrecht Rumbino: Beliau Mampu Menyatukan Gunung dan Pesisir Papua|url=https://papua.tribunnews.com/2021/06/21/alex-hesegem-menurut-pendeta-utrecht-rumbino-beliau-mampu-menyatukan-gunung-dan-pesisir-papua|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Tribun Papua|language=id-ID|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621180840/https://papua.tribunnews.com/2021/06/21/alex-hesegem-menurut-pendeta-utrecht-rumbino-beliau-mampu-menyatukan-gunung-dan-pesisir-papua |archive-date=21 June 2021 }}</ref>
== Personal life == Hesegem was a Protestant Christian. He was married to Amelia Infandi. The couple had five children named Elsye Hesegem, Samuel Minyeak Hesegem, Margaretha Eragape Hesegem, Dorkas Aleyda Aksamina Hesegem, and Izhak Dortheus Hesegem.<ref name=":1" />
== Awards ==
* 70x70px Development Medal ({{langx|id|Satyalancana Pembangunan}}) (12 July 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dama|first=Alfred|date=12 July 2011|title=Gubernur NTT Terima Penghargaan Satya Lencana Pembangunan|url=https://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2011/07/12/gubernur-ntt-terima-penghargaan-satya-lencana-pembangunan|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Tribun News|language=id-ID|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202326/https://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2011/07/12/gubernur-ntt-terima-penghargaan-satya-lencana-pembangunan |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref>
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