Louise Elisabeth Coldenhoff

Coldenhoff was born on 22 March 1935. She studied at the Padjadjaran University and graduated with a degree in physical education. Coldenhoff was a Catholic. == Navy Women's Corps ==

Enlistment and deployment to West Irian Following her graduation from the university, Coldenhoff saw that the navy had opened registration for the formation of the Navy Women's Corps. Coldenhoff then enrolled as a conscript. The selection process was conducted in Malang. Coldenhoff successfully passed all stages of the selection test. She and 11 other members were inaugurated as the first Navy Women's Corps officers on 5 January 1963 by the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral R.E. Martadinata. Coldenhoff was assigned to the Surabaya Navy Supply School. Shortly thereafter, she and other Corps officers were deployed to West Irian. During the state visit of Queen Juliana to Indonesia in 1971, Coldenhoff was appointed as the adjutant to the Queen. == Department of Transportation ==

On 27 November 1972, Coldenhoff was appointed head of the personnel section of the Directorate General of Sea Transport. Her main task dealt with the transfer of employees in the directorate. She described her job as "living between angels and devils". == Regional Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture ==

Coldenhoff was inaugurated as the head of the Jakarta Regional Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture by Governor Soeprapto on 5 February 1983, replacing Colonel Soesdaryono. During her term, she implemented a new local curriculum for students in Jakarta. She gave the autonomy for schools to implement their own subjects in the local curriculum. Following the enactment of this policy, coastal schools in Jakarta added fishing to the local curriculum. Her term ended on 10 July 1987, when she was replaced by Soegiyo. == Later life and death==

Coldenhoff retired from the Navy with the rank of colonel. Coldenhoff later became the Chairman of the MPK (Catholic Education Council) of the Jakarta branch. == References ==