Djuanda Cabinet

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Djuanda Cabinet
Kabinet Djuanda

18th Cabinet of Indonesia
1957–1959
Date formed9 April 1957 (1957-04-09)
Date dissolved10 July 1959 (1959-07-10)
People and organisations
Head of stateSukarno
Head of governmentDjuanda Kartawidjaja
No. of ministers28 ministers
History
PredecessorAli Sastroamidjojo II Cabinet
SuccessorWorking I Cabinet

The Djuanda Cabinet (Indonesian: Kabinet Djuanda), also known as the Working Cabinet (Indonesian: Kabinet Karya), was an Indonesian cabinet that served from 9 April 1957 until 10 July 1959, when it was dissolved by a decree from President Sukarno.

Background

On 14 March 1957, the

Djuanda Kartawidjaja to head a cabinet made up of qualified individuals who did not represent any parties. The cabinet was announced on 8 April and appointed by Sukarno the following day at the Merdeka Palace.[1][2][3]

Composition

Cabinet Leadership

Cabinet Members

Changes

  • Social Minister Leimena was appointed Third Deputy Prime Minister on 29 April 1957. On the same day, Chairul Saleh and F. L. Tobing were promoted to full ministers, meaning there were no longer any state ministers. Muljadi Djojomartono was appointed to replace Leimena as Social Affairs Minister on 25 May.
  • A number of changes took place on 25 June 1958. Trade Minister Sunardjo was replaced by party colleague
    Muhammad Yamin
    was appointed State Minister.

References

  • Feith, Herbert (2009) [1962], The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesian, Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd, pp. 469–470,
  • Lev, Daniel S (2009) [1966], The Transition to Guided Democracy: Indonesian Politics 1957-1959, Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd, pp. 34, 136,
  • Simanjuntak, P. N. H. (2003), Kabinet-Kabinet Republik Indonesia: Dari Awal Kemerdekaan Sampai Reformasi (Cabinets of the Republic of Indonesia: From the Beginning of Independence to the Reforms Era) (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Djambatan, pp. 181–187, .

Notes

  1. ^ Lev (2009) pp 26-34
  2. ^ Feith (2007) pp 579-580
  3. ^ Simanjuntak (2003) p182