The Second Hatta Cabinet () was

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

's ninth cabinet. It was formed after the Indonesian leadership, which had been imprisoned by Dutch forces, returned to the capital,

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. It served from 4 August to 20 December 1949.

Composition

Cabinet Leadership

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Mohammad Hatta Mohammad Hatta ( ; 12 August 1902 – 14 March 1980) was an Indonesian statesman, nationalist, and independence activist who served as the country's first Vice President of Indonesia, vice president as well as the third prime minister. Known as ...

*Deputy Prime Minister: Sjafroedin Prawirnegara (

Masyumi Party The Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations Party (), better known as the Masyumi Party, was a major Islamic political party in Indonesia during the Liberal Democracy Era in Indonesia (1950-1957), Liberal Democracy Era in Indonesia. It was b ...

)

Departmental Ministers

* State Coordinating Minister for Domestic Security: Sultan

Hamengkubuwana IX Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX ( Hanacaraka: ; 12 April 1912 – 2 October 1988), often abbreviated as HB IX, was an Indonesian politician and Javanese royal who was the second vice president of Indonesia, the ninth sultan of Yogyakarta, and th ...

*Minister of Foreign Affairs:

Agus Salim ''Haji'' Agus Salim (; 8 October 1884 – 4 November 1954) was an Indonesian journalist, diplomat, and statesman. He served as Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1947 and 1949. Early life Agus Salim was born Masjhoedoelhaq Salim ...

*Minister of Home Affairs:

Wongsonegoro Kanjeng Raden Mas Tumenggung Wongsonegoro (20 April 1895 – 4 March 1974) was an Indonesian politician who served in various offices, including as deputy prime minister and governor of Central Java. He also served as a minister several times. ...

(PIR) *Minister of Justice: Soesanto Tirtoprodjo (PNI) *Minister of Finance:

Lukman Hakim Lukman Hakim (6 June 1914 – 20 August 1966) was an Indonesian economist and diplomat who served as List of Ministers of Finance (Indonesia), Minister of Finance between 1948 and 1950, serving under both the Emergency Government of the Republic ...

(

Indonesian National Party The Indonesian National Party (, PNI) was the name used by several nationalist political parties in Indonesia from 1927 until 1973. The first PNI was established by future President Sukarno. After independence, the new PNI supplied a number of pri ...

– PNI) *Minister of Welfare: Ignatius J. Kasimo (PKRI) *Minister of Supply of People's Provisions: Ignatius J. Kasimo (PKRI) *Minister of Education & Culture: S. Mangunsarkoro (PNI) *Minister of Health ''ad interim'': Dr. Surono *Minister of Public Works:

Herling Laoh Herling Laoh (1902/1912 – 15 March 1970) was an Indonesian bureaucrat and engineer. A member of the Indonesian National Party (PNI), Laoh served as minister of public works (1947–1950) and minister of transportation (1949–1950). Born to a g ...

(PNI) *Minister of Transportation: Herling Laoh (PNI) *Minister of Religious Affairs:

Masjkur K.H. Masjkur ( EISS: ''Masykur''; 15 December 1917 ‒ 25 December 1994) was the Minister of Religion of Indonesia in the years 1947–1949 and 1953–1955. He was also a member of House of Representatives of Indonesia in 1956–1971 and a member ...

(Masyumi) *Minister of Labor and Social Affairs: Koesnan (PGRI) *Minister of Information: Samsudin (Masyumi)

State Ministers (without portfolio)

*State Minister: Dr.

Soekiman Wirjosandjojo Soekiman Wirjosandjojo (Enhanced Spelling of the Indonesian Language, EYD: Sukiman Wiryosanjoyo; 19June 1898 – 23July 1974) was an Indonesian politician and physician who served as prime minister of Indonesia from 1951 until 1952. Additional ...

(Masyumi) *State Minister:

Djuanda Kartawidjaja Djuanda Kartawidjaja ( EYD: Juanda Kartawijaya; 14 January 1911 – 7 November 1963), more commonly referred to mononymously as Djuanda, was an Indonesian politician and technocrat who held various positions during the presidency of Sukarno ...

*State Minister: Dr. Johannes Leimena (Parkindo)

Changes

Due to Hatta's departure for the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference, from 6 August 1949, via Presidential Decision No. 10/A/1949, Defense Minister Sultan

became acting Prime Minister. He also became acting Foreign Minister while

was unable to perform his duties from 21 October. Effective from 1 December, Dr. Johannes Leimena replaced Minister of Health ''ad interim'' Dr. Surono, leaving only two state ministers.Simanjuntak (2003) p85

The end of the cabinet

The cabinet was dissolved after a fundamental change in Indonesia's political system with the establishment of the

United States of Indonesia The United States of Indonesia (, ; abbreviated as RIS or RUSI, also known as Federal Republic of Indonesia) was a short-lived federal state to which the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies (except Netherlands N ...

, a result of the Round Table Conference. With the coming into force of the Federal Constitution on 20 December, the cabinet was automatically dissolved and replaced by the

Republic of the United States of Indonesia Cabinet The Republic of the United States of Indonesia Cabinet () was established as a result of the formation of the United States of Indonesia following the transfer of sovereignty from the Dutch colonial power. It lasted less than a year before Indones ...

, also led by Hatta.Simanjuntak (2003) pp. 89-90

References

Notes

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