First Hatta Cabinet
The first Hatta Cabinet (Indonesian: Kabinet Hatta Pertama) was Indonesia's seventh cabinet. It was formed by Vice-president Mohammad Hatta, who was instructed to do so by President Sukarno on 23 January 1948, the same day the previous cabinet was declared dissolved. It lasted less than a year, when it collapsed following the second Dutch military aggression when the republican capital of Yogyakarta was seized and most of the cabinet arrested.
Composition
Cabinet Leadership
Departmental Ministers
- Minister of Home Affairs ad interim: Soekiman Wirjosandjojo (Masyumi Party)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs ad interim: Agus Salim
- Minister of Defense ad interim: Mohammad Hatta
- Minister of Justice: Soesanto Tirtoprodjo (PNI)
- Minister of Finance: A.A. Maramis (PNI)
- Minister of Welfare: Sjafruddin Prawiranegara (Masyumi)
- Minister of Education and Culture: Ali Sastroamidjojo (Indonesian National Party – PNI)
- Minister of Health: Dr. Johannes Leimena (Parkindo)
- Minister of Religious Affairs: Masjkoer (Masyumi)
- Minister of Labor and Social Affairs: Koesnan (PGRI)
- Minister of Development and Youth Affairs: Supeno (Socialist Party)
- Minister of Communications: Djuanda
- Minister of Public Works ad interim: Djuanda
- Minister of Information: Mohammad Natsir (Masyumi)
State Coordinating Minister
References
- Simanjuntak, P. N. H. (2003) (in Indonesian), Kabinet-Kabinet Republik Indonesia: Dari Awal Kemerdekaan Sampai Reformasi, Jakarta: Djambatan, pp. 62–73, ISBN 9794284998.