Republic of Indonesia (1949–1950)

State of the Republic of Indonesia
*Negara Republik Indonesia*
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

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]

President

Assaat Datuk Mudo was the only president of this Yogyakarta-based republic

	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Assaat (1904–1976)	27 December 1949	15 August 1950	231 days

Notes

^ Reid 1974, p. 162.
^ Ricklefs 2001, p. 355.
^ Feith 2008, p. 57.
^ Simanjuntak 2003, pp. 102–106.
^ Ricklefs 2001, p. 374.
^ 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.