Prime Minister of Pasundan

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Prime Minister of Pasundan
Perdana Menteri
Coat of arms of the State of Pasundan.svg
Anwar Tjokroaminoto, Kepartaian dan Parlementaria Indonesia (1954), p336.jpg
Last officeholder
Anwar Tjokroaminoto
9 January 1950 – 25 January 1950
Style Paduka Yang Mulia
Member of Cabinet
Reports to Parliament
Appointer Wali Negara
Inaugural holder Adil Puradiredja
Formation8 May 1948;74 years ago (1948-05-08)

The Prime Minister of Pasundan (Indonesian : Perdana Menteri Pasundan) was the head of government and the highest political office in the short-lived State of Pasundan (1948-1950). Appointed by the Wali Negara of Pasundan from among influential Members of Parliament, the Prime Minister was responsible to the Parliament, and his cabinet could be dismissed by a vote of no confidence.

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History

After the formation of the State of Pasundan, an election to choose the head of state of Pasundan was held on 28 February 1948. The election was won by Raden Adipati Aria Muharam Wiranatakusumah, and he was installed on 24 April 1948. Wiranatakusumah appointed Adil Puradiredja, a former resident of Priangan Regency, as the prime minister. Adil later formed his cabinet and was installed on 28 February 1948.

Several years later, after the Dutch launched a military attack against the Republic of Indonesia, Adil Puradiredja resigned as the prime minister. [1] The resignation was in pursuance to the promise made by Adil to Mohammad Hatta, the vice president of Indonesia, on 12 December, that he and his cabinet would resign if and only if the Dutch attacked Indonesia. [2] The Dutch failed to pressure the Parliament of Pasundan to support Adil Puradiredja as the Prime Minister. [3] As a result, the commander of the Dutch forces in Indonesia Simon Spoor, and the High Commissioner of the Crown in the State of Pasundan R.W. van Diffelen went to Wiranatakusumah, the Wali Negara (head of state) of Pasundan. They pressured Wiranatakusumah to immediately appoint a new prime minister so that a new government is formed quickly. [4]

On 28 December 1948, Wiranatakusumah appointed Djumhana Wiriaatmadja, a non-party member of the parliament, as the cabinet formateur. [5] Djumhana was officially installed as the prime minister on 10 January 1949. [6] After the recognition of Indonesia by the Dutch government on 27 December 1949, Djumhana resigned as the prime minister. [7] He was officially replaced by Anwar Tjokroaminoto, the deputy chairman of the Indonesian Islamic Union Party, on 11 January 1950. [8]

Following the APRA coup d'état on 23 January 1949, the government of the Republic of Indonesia accused the government of Pasundan for covertly sponsoring the coup. Prime Minister Anwar Tjokroaminoto was arrested on 25 January, and the cabinet was dissolved. [9] [10]

List of prime ministers of Pasundan

Colour key :
  Indonesian Nationhood Party (Parki)  Independent  Indonesian Islamic Union Party (PSII)

PortraitName

(birth and death)

Term of officeCabinetsPartyDuration
1 Adil Puradiredja at the Installation of Wiranatakusumah as the Wali Negara of Pasundan.jpg Adil Puradiredja
(1907-?)		8 May 194810 January 1949 Adil Parki247 days
2 Djumhana Wiriaatmadja, Kami Perkenalkan (1954), p63.jpg Djumhana Wiriaatmadja
(1904-1975)		10 January 19498 January 1950 Djumhana I Independent363 days
Djumhana II
Djumhana III
3 Anwar Tjokroaminoto, Minister of Social Affairs of Indonesia.jpg Anwar Tjokroaminoto
(1909-1975)		9 January 195025 January 1950 Anwar PSII 16 days

Timeline

Anwar TjokroaminotoDjumhana WiriaatmadjaAdil PuradiredjaPrime Minister of Pasundan

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References

  1. ↑ Pour 2009 , p. 188
  2. ↑ Neale 1998 , p. 175
  3. ↑ Helius et al. 1992 , pp. 59–60
  4. ↑ Helius et al. 1992 , p. 60
  5. ↑ Government of Pasundan 1949 , p. 133
  6. ↑ Bastiaans 1950 , p. 33
  7. ↑ "Nieuw kabinet van Pasoendan". De vrije pers : ochtendbulletin. Bandung. 9 January 1950.
  8. ↑ "NIEUW KABINET VAN PASUNDAN". Het nieuwsblad voor Sumatra. 11 January 1950.
  9. ↑ People's Representative Council of United States of Indonesia 1950 , p. 41
  10. ↑ Feith, Herbert (1962). The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. Cornell University Press. p. 63. On January 25 its Prime Minister Anwar Tjokroaminoto, its Communications Minister Suria Kartalegawa, and a nnumber of its lower officials were arrested
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