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Mohammad Hatta | |
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![]() Official portrait, c. 1954 | |
1st Vice President of Indonesia | |
In office 18 August 1945 – 1 December 1956 | |
President | Sukarno |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Hamengkubuwono IX |
3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia | |
In office 29 January 1948 – 20 December 1949 | |
President | Sukarno |
Deputy | Sjafruddin Prawiranegara |
Preceded by | Amir Sjarifuddin |
Succeeded by |
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Prime Minister of the United States of Indonesia | |
In office 20 December 1949 – 6 September 1950 | |
President | Sukarno |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Natsir (as Prime Minister of Indonesia) |
Minister of Defense of Indonesia | |
Acting | |
In office 29 January 1948 – 15 July 1948 | |
President | Sukarno |
Preceded by | Amir Sjarifuddin |
Succeeded by | Hamengkubuwono IX |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United States of Indonesia | |
In office 20 December 1949 – 6 September 1950 | |
President | Sukarno |
Preceded by |
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Succeeded by | Mohammad Roem |
1st Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross Society | |
In office 1945–1946 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohammad Athar 12 August 1902 Fort de Kock, Westkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies |
Died | 14 March 1980 Jakarta, Indonesia | (aged 77)
Resting place | Tanah Kusir Cemetery |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | PNI (until 1929) |
Spouse |
Rahmi Rachim (m. 1945) |
Relations | Gustika Fardani Jusuf (granddaughter) |
Children | 3, including Meutia Hatta |
Alma mater | Nederlandse Economische Hogeschool (drs.) |
Signature | ![]() |
Nickname | Bung Hatta |
Mohammad Hatta (vice president as well as the third prime minister. Known as "The Proclamator", he and a number of Indonesians, including the first president of Indonesia, Sukarno, fought for the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands. Hatta was an important figure during the Indonesian national awakening and during the national revolution, as a youth he was politically active both in the Netherlands and the Indies, which led him to be imprisoned in the Boven Digoel concentration camp for his activism, he also played a crucial part in the proclamation of Indonesian independence, being second the person to sign the declaration besides Sukarno, thus naming him as one of the founders of Indonesia.
; 12 August 1902 – 14 March 1980) was an Indonesian statesman, nationalist, and independence activist who served as the country's first