Republic of the United States of Indonesia Cabinet
The Republic of the United States of Indonesia Cabinet (Indonesian: Kabinet Republik Indonesia Serikat) was established as a result of the formation of the United States of Indonesia following the transfer of sovereignty from the Dutch colonial power. It lasted less than a year before Indonesia became a unitary state.
Composition
Prime Minister
- Prime Minister: Mohammad Hatta
Departmental Ministers
- Minister of Home Affairs: Anak Agung Gede Agung
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mohammad Hatta
- Minister of Defense: Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX
- Minister of Justice: Soepomo
- Minister of Finance: Sjafruddin Prawiranegara (Masyumi Party)
- Minister of Education and Culture: Herling Laoh (Indonesian National Party (PNI))
- Minister of Health: Johannes Leimena
- Minister of Social Affairs: Moh. Kosasih Purwanegara
- Minister of Information: Arnold Mononutu (PNI)
- Minister of Communications, Manpower and Public Works: Abu Hanifah (Masyumi)
- Minister of Welfare: Djuanda Kartawidjaja
- Minister of Labor: Wilopo (PNI)
- Minister of Religious Affairs: Wahid Hasyim (Masyumi)
State Ministers (without portfolio)
- State Minister: Sultan Hamid II
- State Minister: Moh. Roem (Masyumi)
- State Minister: Soeparno
Changes
On 19 January 1950, State Minister Moh. Roem was appointed to the RUSI Supreme Commission in The Hague. Following a report from the attorney general, State Minister Sultan Hamid II was dismissed on 5 April 1950 for involvement in the rebellion led by Raymond Westerling. Neither of these state ministers were replaced.[1]
The end of the cabinet
On 15 August 1950, the United States of Indonesia ceased to exist and was replaced by the unitary state of Indonesia. On the same day, Prime Minister Hatta returned his mandate to President Sukarno. The Republic of the United States of Indonesia Cabinet was officially dissolved but continued as the cabinet of the Republic of Indonesia until a new cabinet could be formed.[2]
References
- Kahin, George McTurnan (1952) Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia Cornell University Press, ISBN 0-8014-9108-8
- Ricklefs (1982), A History of Modern Indonesia, Macmillan Southeast Asian reprint, ISBN 0-333-24380-3
- Simanjuntak, P. N. H. (2003), Kabinet-Kabinet Republik Indonesia: Dari Awal Kemerdekaan Sampai Reformasi (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Djambatan, pp. 91–102, ISBN 979-428-499-8.
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