Waldemar Pahala Tambunan. During his term, Nasution ordered all of the civil servants in North Sumatra to wear white uniforms. He stated that by wearing white uniforms, the civil servants would look cleaner and tidier. He also ordered the construction of the office of the Governor of North Sumatra in the Willem Iskandar Street (now Pancing Street), which was located outside the metropolitan area of Medan. By the end of Nasution's term, the Integrated Special Operation Maduma (Operasi Khusus Terpadu Maduma, OKT Maduma) was officially enacted. The program was intended to alleviate poverty and increase the regional income in five regencies that were categorized as low income: North Tapanuli, South Tapanuli, Central Tapanuli, Dairi, and Nias. The economic operation began with a survey of the regencies since the beginning of 1986. Initially, the scope of the economic operation only covered the North, South, and Central Tapanuli, but a presidential decree added Dairi and Nias into the scope of the economic operation. Finally, on 16 October 1986, the operation officially began with the formal opening by Minister of Agriculture in the Sileang Village, Dolok Sanggul, North Tapanuli. A further assessment about the economic operation was conducted by the Social, Economy, and Agricultural Faculty of the University of North Sumatra on 14 September 1988. To socialize the Maduma economic operation to the populace in the five regencies, a song about the Maduma economic operation was composed by musician Nortier Simanungkalit. The word Maduma in North Tapanuli was popularly known as the abbreviation to Martangiang Dungi Mangula which means pray and work in the Batak language. As the incumbent governor in North Sumatra, Nasution was nominated by the United Development Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party as the Governor of North Sumatra for the 1988–1993 term. He lost the gubernatorial elections to Raja Inal Siregar, former commander of the Siliwangi Regional Military Command. Raja Inal Siregar was officially inaugurated as the Governor of North Sumatra on 13 June 1988. Death On 25 September 1990, Kaharuddin Nasution died in his house in Jakarta. He was buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery on 26 September 1990, and was posthumously promoted to lieutenant general. Dates of rank References Bibliography 1925 births 1990 deaths Batak people Governors of North Sumatra People of Batak descent Indonesian Muslims