Republic of Indonesia (1949–1950)

State of the Republic of Indonesia
Negara Republik Indonesia
State of Indonesia
1949–1950

The United States of Indonesia. The State of the Republic of Indonesia is shown in red.
CapitalYogyakarta
Government
 • TypeFederated republic
President 
• 1949–1950
Assaat
Prime minister 
• 1949–1950
Susanto Tirtoprodjo (acting)
• 1950
Abdul Halim
Historical eraCold War
• Established as component state of RUSI
27 December 1949
• Unitary republic formed
17 August 1950
Today part ofIndonesia

The State of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Negara Republik Indonesia, old spelling: Negara Repoeblik Indonesia, lit. 'State of the Republic of Indonesia') was a federated state (negara bagian) of the United States of Indonesia (RUSI) which was established on 27 December 1949.[1] The territory of the state included parts of Java and most of Sumatra, and its capital was Yogyakarta.[2] The acting president of the Republic was Assaat (Sukarno became president of the RUSI)[3] and the prime minister was first Susanto Tirtoprodjo until 16 January 1950, then Abdul Halim.[4] On 17 August, the United States of Indonesia ceased to exist as the last of the component states dissolved themselves into a unitary Republic of Indonesia encompassing the entire territory of the former Dutch East Indies except for West Papua.[5][6]

President

Assaat Datuk Mudo was the only president of this Yogyakarta-based republic

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office
Took office Left office Time in office
Assaat
(1904–1976) 		27 December 1949 15 August 1950 231 days

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Reid 1974, p. 162.
  2. ^ Ricklefs 2001, p. 355.
  3. ^ Feith 2008, p. 57.
  4. ^ Simanjuntak 2003, pp. 102–106.
  5. ^ Ricklefs 2001, p. 374.
  6. ^ Kahin 1952, p. 445.

References

  • Feith, Herbert (2008) [1962]. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. Singapore: Equininox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd. ISBN 978-979-3780-45-0.
  • Kahin, George McTurnan (1952), Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia, Cornell University Press
  • Reid, Anthony J.S (1974), The Indonesian National Revolution, 1945-1950, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia: Longman, ISBN 0-582-71047-2
  • Ricklefs, M.C. (2001) [1981]. A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300 (3rd ed.). Palgrave. pp. 373–374. ISBN 978-0-230-54685-1.
  • Simanjuntak, P. N. H. (2003), Kabinet-Kabinet Republik Indonesia: Dari Awal Kemerdekaan Sampai Reformasi (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Djambatan, ISBN 979-428-499-8.