Presidential Cabinet (Indonesia)

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Presidential Cabinet
Kabinet Presidensial
Flag of Indonesia.svg
1st Cabinet of Indonesia
1945
Presidential Cabinet.jpg
Date formed2 September 1945 (1945-09-02)
Date dissolved14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)
People and organisations
Head of state Sukarno
Head of government Sukarno
No. of ministers19 ministers
History
Successor Sjahrir I Cabinet

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.

Contents

Background

Pamphlet announcing Sukarno's Presidential Cabinet and Indonesia's provincial governors. Sukarno presidential cabinet.jpg
Pamphlet announcing Sukarno's Presidential Cabinet and Indonesia's provincial governors.

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

President

PresidentVice President
Sukarno Soekarno.jpg Mohammad Hatta, Pekan Buku Indonesia 1954, p242.jpg Mohammad Hatta

Ministers

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Minister of Home Affairs 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of People's Security 6 October 1945 (1945-10-06)20 October 1945 (1945-10-20)  Independent
Muhammad Soeljoadikusuma
20 October 1945 (1945-10-20)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Justice
Prof. Soepomo
19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Finance 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)22 September 1945 (1945-09-22)  Independent
22 September 1945 (1945-09-22)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Education 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Health
Dr. Boentaran Martoatmodjo
19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Social Affairs 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Information 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Transportation 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Welfare 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Minister of Public Works
Abikusno Tjokrosujuso
19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Harmani
19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
Deputy Minister of Information 19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
State Minister
Mohammad Amir
19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
State Minister19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
State Minister19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
State Minister19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
State Minister
Mohammad Amir
19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent
State Minister19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)  Independent

Officials holding ministerial status

Changes

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

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

Notes

  1. Ricklefs (1982) p193
  2. Kahin (1952) p139
  3. Simanjuntak (2003) pp. 16-17
  4. Kahin (1952) pp 168-169