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| <ref>{{Cite news|last=Siregar|first=Tongkulem|date=8 August 2020|title=Arifin Achmad Dianugerahkan LAMR Sebagai Gelar Datuk Seri Indra Perkasa Negeri|work=]|url=https://rri.co.id/pekanbaru/daerah/880676/arifin-achmad-dianugerahkan-lamr-sebagai-gelar-datuk-seri-indra-perkasa-negeri|url-status=live|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>{{Infobox officeholder | |||
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| | children = Joceyln Darmayanti<br>Rossayln Sandra Andrisa<br>Saihatu Saniah | |||
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| | spouse = {{marriage|Marthalena Abdulgani|1950|1984|end=death}} | |||
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| | mother = Puan Cik | |||
| | father = Tuan Ahmad Melan | |||
| | allegiance = {{flag|Japan}}<br />{{flag|Indonesia}} | |||
| | serviceyears = 1945–1978 | |||
| | rank = ] ] | |||
| | branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Indonesian Army.svg|25px}} ] | |||
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| | name = Arifin Achmad | |||
| | term_end = 4 June 1978 | |||
| | native_name = <!--The person's name in their own language, if different.--> | |||
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| | image = Arifin Achmad, Buku Pelengkap IV Pemilihan Umum 1977 (1978), p510.jpg | |||
| | office = Governor of Riau | |||
| | term_start = 15 November 1966 | |||
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| | predecessor = ] | |||
| | successor = ] | |||
| | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|10|23}} | |||
| | birth_place = ], ], ] | |||
| | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|01|11|1924|10|23}} | |||
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| '''Arifin Achmad''' (23 October 1924 – 11 January 1994) was an Indonesian military officer and politician who became the Governor of Riau from 1966 until 1978. | |||
| == Early life == | |||
| Arifin Achmad was born on 23 October 1924 in ], ], to a family of merchants. His father, Tuan Ahmad Melan, was a ] merchant who often traded the commodity overseas, while his mother was also a foreign merchant. Ahmad Melan's family owned a fleet of tankers, which he used for intercontinental tradings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=6 September 2020|title=Riwayat Hidup Singkat Almarhum Tuan Brigjen TNI (Purn) H. Arifin Achmad|url=https://lamriau.id/riwayat-hidup-singkat-almarhum-tuan-brigjen-tni-purn-h-arifin-achmad/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=4 February 2021|website=LAM Riau}}</ref> | |||
| In 1930, Arifin Achmad's father brought him to ] to study at ], an elementary school owned by ]. Arifin's educational background in the school made him proficient in ], ], and ]. Arifin was also given the responsibility by his parents to look over her younger sister, who was also brought to Yogyakarta.<ref name=":0" /> Arifin finished his education in Taman Siswa in 1937 and he continued to study at the Taman Dewasa, a high school which was also owned by Ki Hajar Dewantara.<ref name=":1">{{cite book|author=General Elections Institution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpJaAAAAIAAJ|title=Ringkasan Riwayat Hidup dan Riwayat Perjuangan Anggota Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Hasil Pemilihan Umum Tahun 1977|date=1977|volume=|location=Jakarta|pages=510–512|language=id|trans-title=Summary of Biography and Career of Members of the People's Consultative Assembly from the 1977 General Elections|author-link=General Elections Institution|access-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215073214/https://books.google.com/books?id=OpJaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA764|archive-date=15 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He graduated from the high school in 1942<ref name=":1" /> and returned to Riau shortly afterwards.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
| After arriving in the Riau, which was now ], Arifin attended a brief military course, and was sent to work as a clerk for the Japanese administration in Riau for two years.<ref name=":0" /> Arifin also enrolled at a teaching course<ref name=":0" /> and briefly became an assistant teacher after finishing the course.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| == Military career == | |||
| After the ], Arifin joined the newly formed | |||
| Promoted to brigadier general on 1 October 1970.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=8 October 1970|title=HIGH AND MIDDLE RANKING OFFICERS PROMOTED|page=1, 3|work=Angkatan Bersendjata|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nRGzMidd7SoC&pg=RA17-PA5|url-status=live|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref><references /> | |||