Republic of Indonesia (1949–1950)

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]

State of the Republic of Indonesia Negara Republik Indonesia
State of Indonesia
1949–1950
Flag Coat of arms
The United States of Indonesia. The State of the Republic of Indonesia is shown in red.
Capital	Yogyakarta
Government
• Type	Federated republic
President
• 1949–1950	Assaat
Prime minister
• 1949–1950	Susanto Tirtoprodjo (acting)
• 1950	Abdul Halim
Historical era	Cold War
• Established as component state of RUSI	27 December 1949
• Unitary republic formed	17 August 1950
Today part of	Indonesia

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

• Indonesia portal

• History of Indonesia
• Indonesian National Revolution
• Indonesian regions

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.