Frederik Batti Sorring, also known by FBS (28 May 1955 - 21 December 2020), was an Indonesian politician and member of the Democratic Party. He served as the Regent of North Toraja Regency, a predominantly Torajan region of

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...

, from 2011 until 2016. Prior to that office, Batti Sorring also served as the first Vice Regent of

Asmat Regency Asmat Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') in the northern portion of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It was split off from Merauke Regency (of which it had been a part) on 12 November 2002. Asmat Regency consists of an area of 31,983.44& ...

in Papua province from 2005 to 2010.

Biography

Batti Sorring was born on 28 May 1955, in Tanna Toraja Regency. He served as the Vice Regent of

in Western New Guinea from 2005 to 2010 under Regent Yuvensius Alfonsius Biakai. Batti Sorring was elected Regent of North Toraja in 2010, together with his running mate for vice regent, Frederik Buntang Rombelayuk. They took office in March 2011 and served until 2016. In December 2020, Batti Sorring tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. He died from complications of COVID-19 at Grestelina Hospital in

Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...

around 3:15 a.m. on 21 December 2020, at the age of 65. Batti Sorring was buried in Kurra district in Tana Toraja Regency,

References

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