State of the Great East (24–27 December 1946) Negara Timur Raya State of East Indonesia (27 December 1946 – 17 August 1950) Negara Indonesia Timur Oost-Indonesië | |||||||||
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1946–1950 | |||||||||
![]() Location of East Indonesia within the United States of Indonesia | |||||||||
Status | Dutch-sponsored state (1946–1948) Constituent state of the United States of Indonesia (1949–1950) | ||||||||
Capital | Makassar | ||||||||
Common languages | Indonesian • Eastern Indonesia Malay • Dutch • Various indigenous languages | ||||||||
Religion | Islam Christianity Hinduism | ||||||||
Government | Parliamentary Republic | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1946–1950 | Tjokorda Gdé Raka Soekawati | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1946 | Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa (first) | ||||||||
• 1950 | Martinus Putuhena (last) | ||||||||
Legislature | |||||||||
Provisional Senate | |||||||||
Provisional Representative Body | |||||||||
Historical era | Aftermath of World War II Indonesian National Revolution | ||||||||
24 December 1946 | |||||||||
• Part of the United States of Indonesia | 27 December 1949 | ||||||||
5–21 April 1950 | |||||||||
• Joined Indonesia | 17 August 1950 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
1946 | 349,088 km2 (134,784 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1946 | 10,290,000 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Indonesia |
The State of East Indonesia (Indonesian: Negara Indonesia Timur, old spelling: Negara Indonesia Timoer, Dutch: Oost-Indonesië) was a post–World War II state formed in the eastern half of Dutch East Indies. Established in December 1946, it became part of the United States of Indonesia (USI) in 1949 at the end of the Indonesian National Revolution, and was dissolved in 1950 with the end of the USI. It comprised all the islands to the east of Borneo (Celebes and the Moluccas, with their offshore islands) and of Java (Bali and the Lesser Sunda Islands).