Presidential Cabinet (Indonesia)
Presidential Cabinet Kabinet Presidensial | |
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![]() 1st Cabinet of Indonesia | |
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Date formed | 2 September 1945 |
Date dissolved | 14 November 1945 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Sukarno |
Head of government | Sukarno |
No. of ministers | 19 ministers |
History | |
Successor | Sjahrir I Cabinet |
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The Presidential Cabinet (Indonesian: Kabinet Presidensial) was the first cabinet established by Indonesia following the 17 August 1945 Indonesian Declaration of Independence. It comprised 20 ministers and four officials. Its term of office ran from 2 September to 14 November 1945.
Background
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Indonesian had been under Japanese occupation since 1942, but by 1943, realizing they were losing the war, the Japanese appointed Indonesian advisors (Japanese: 参与, romanized: san'yo) to the administration and appointed nationalist leader Sukarno leader of a new Central Advisory Board (Chuo Sani-kai Japanese: 中央参議会) in Jakarta.[1] On 7 August, the day after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (Indonesian: Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia) or PPKI was established. Sukarno was chairman, and Hatta vice-chairman. On 19 August 1945, this body created 12 ministries for Indonesia's first cabinet. The cabinet as formed contained sanyo as well as officials who had not worked with the Japanese. The cabinet was responsible to President Sukarno.[2][3]
Composition
[edit]President
[edit]- President: Sukarno
- Vice President: Mohammad Hatta
Ministers
[edit]Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Minister of Home Affairs | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
Minister of People's Security | 6 October 1945 | 20 October 1945 | Independent | ||
Muhammad Soeljoadikusuma | 20 October 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
Minister of Justice | Prof. Soepomo | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | |
Minister of Finance | 19 August 1945 | 22 September 1945 | Independent | ||
22 September 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | |||
Minister of Education | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
Minister of Health | Dr. Boentaran Martoatmodjo | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | |
Minister of Social Affairs | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
Minister of Information | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
Minister of Transportation | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
Minister of Welfare | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
Minister of Public Works | Abikusno Tjokrosujuso | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | |
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | Harmani | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | |
Deputy Minister of Information | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
State Minister | Mohammad Amir | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | |
State Minister | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
State Minister | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
State Minister | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | ||
State Minister | Mohammad Amir | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent | |
State Minister | 19 August 1945 | 14 November 1945 | Independent |
Officials holding ministerial status
[edit]- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Dr. Kusumah Atmaja
- Attorney General: Gatot Tarunamihardja
- State Secretary: Abdoel Affar Pringgodigdo
- State Spokesman: Soekarjo Wirjopranoto
Changes
[edit]On 22 September 1945, Finance Minister Samsi was replaced by A. A. Maramis on health grounds. In a government decree on 6 October, Soeprijadi, a hero of the Blitar rebellion against the occupying Japanese, was officially appointed Defense Minister. However, as no news was ever heard of him, on 20 October Muhammad Soeljoadikusuma was appointed ad interim Defense Minister. Attorney General Gatot Tarunamihardja resigned on 24 October. As a temporary measure, Chief Justice Kusumah Atmaja was appointed acting Attorney General. Kasman Singodiedjo was appointed to the post on 7 November.
The end of the cabinet
[edit]On 11 November 1945, the Central Indonesian National Committee, which was the de facto legislature, demanded the cabinet be responsible to it, not to President Sukarno. Sukarno agreed to this and dismissed the cabinet.[4]
References
[edit]- Kahin, George McTurnan (1952). Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
- 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. 15–23, ISBN 979-428-499-8.