Tuesday 24 April 2012

Djuanda Kartawidjaja



                                               Raden Djuanda Kartawidjaja
                                                     11th Prime Minister of Indonesia
                                                   In office April 9, 1957 – July 9, 1959
                                                              President Sukarno
                                                     Preceded by Ali Sastroamidjojo
                                                        Succeeded by Sukarno


Personal Details
Born 14 January 1911
Died 7 November 1963
Political party Non-party
Profession Politician
Religion Islam

Raden (Lord) Djuanda Kartawidjaja (14 January 1911 Tasikmalaya, West Java – 7 November 1963 Jakarta) was an ethnic Sundanese noble from the court of Cirebon, an Indonesian politician and the 11th and the final Prime Minister of Indonesia. Raden Djuanda Kartawidjaja, usually referred to simply as Djuanda, served as Minister of Communications in seven cabinets from 1946 to 1949 and 1950 to 1953; as Minister of State in 1949 and Minister of Welfare from 1949 to 1950. Djuanda was Indonesia's final Prime Minister in Sukarno "Karya" cabinets, the final cabinets of the Liberal Democracy Era (prior to the Guided Democracy period) and as First Minister from 1959 until his death in 1963. Djuanda's death and the abolition of the post of Prime Minister in the Indonesian Republican system allowed far greater power to be exercised by the President- now being given full ruling power with minimal oversight, as both Head of State and Head of Government. This had an enormous impact on Indonesian politics, allowing the constitutional legality of the autocracy of Sukarno and Suharto. (Source Wikipedia)

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