Great East

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Governorate of the Great East
Gouvernement Groote Oost (Dutch)
Governorate of the Dutch East Indies
1938–1946
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The Great East region of the Dutch East Indies
Capital Makassar
Government
Monarch  
 19381946
Wilhelmina
History 
 Merger of the Constituent Entities
25 May 1938
1942–1945
 Became the State of the Great East
24 December 1946
Preceded by
Succeeded by
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State of East Indonesia Flag of the State of East Indonesia.svg
Today part of Indonesia

The Great East (Dutch : Groote Oost) was a governorate (gouvernement) of the Dutch East Indies between 1938 and 1946. It comprised all the islands to the east of Borneo (Celebes, the Moluccas, and West New Guinea, with their offshore islands) and of Java (Bali and the Lesser Sunda Islands). Its capital was Macassar on Celebes. [1]

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The Great East was created with the merger of its constituent residencies on 25 May 1938 and was ruled by a governor. [2] The first governor was G. A. W. Ch. de Haze Winkelman. Following World War II, the governorate (except for Netherlands New Guinea) became the State of the Great East (later the State of East Indonesia) on 24 December 1946. This state became a constituent of the federal United States of Indonesia in 1949 and was integrated into a unitary Indonesia in 1950 (except West New Guinea, which was only integrated in 1963). As of December 2022, the area is divided into the eastern 17 of Indonesia's 38 provinces.

Administrative divisions

The Great East gouvernement consisted of the following residencies: [3]

See also

Notes

  1. The emblem of the Headquarters consisted of a light-blue disc, surrounded by the Dutch red-white and blue and charged with the yellow cypher GOBH (Grote Oost en Borneo Hoofdkwartier / Great East and Borneo Headquarters). - Clg. 283/GS/35
  2. The emblem of the Headquarters consisted of a light-blue disc, surrounded by the Dutch red-white and blue and charged with the yellow cypher GOBH (Grote Oost en Borneo Hoofdkwartier / Great East and Borneo Headquarters). - Clg. 283/GS/35

    References

    1. Harvey 1974, p. 106.
    2. Harvey 1974, p. 62.
    3. Cribb 2000, p. 129.