Hubertus van Mook
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Hubertus van Mook | |
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Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer | |
Succeeded by | Louis Beel |
Personal details | |
Born | Hubertus Johannes van Mook 30 May 1894 Semarang, Dutch East Indies |
Died | 10 May 1965 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France | (aged 70)
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook (30 May 1894 – 10 May 1965) was a Dutch
Kota Gede
is a good example of a colonial bureaucrat capable of examining and writing about local folklore.
Biography
Hubertus van Mook was born in
Japanese surrender in August 1945 was carried out by Australian and British forces. While Australian forces succeeded in occupying the Outer Islands with minimal resistance, British forces in Java and Sumatra were challenged by a nascent Indonesian Republic led by Sukarno and Hatta
.
On 1 October 1945 Van Mook arrived back in Java along with elements of the
Indonesian Communist Party, and began cultivating links with Indonesian leaders outside Java, particularly in west Java and eastern Indonesia. He organised a number of conferences aimed at offsetting the influence of the Republic.[9][10]
The above factors and violations of the
UN Security Council and the United States, which called for a ceasefire.[12]
This led to the announcement of a ceasefire in January 1948 followed by a formal armistice. As a consequence, a conflict previously considered to be an internal Dutch affair now took on an international dimension.
The
Operatie Kraai in December 1948.[14]
Van Mook subsequently broke links with both Indonesia and his home country, and took a job with the United Nations. However, not long after this, he died in France.[10]
Decorations
Honours | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 29 August 1947 | Elevated from Commander | |
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | |||
Order of the Jade 3rd class | Republic of China | 22 July 1939 | ||
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator | Venezuela | 22 August 1944 |
Notes and references
- ^ a b Kahin (2003), p. 23
- ^ a b Bayly and Harper (2007), p. 170
- ^ Cribb & Kahin (2004) p. 278
- ^ Schiller (1955), p. 37
- ^ Bayly and Harper (2007), p. 167
- ^ Schiller (1955), pp. 37-39
- ^ Kahin (2003), p. 24
- ^ Bayly and Harper (2007), p. 171
- ^ Kahin (2003), p. 27
- ^ a b c Keat Gin Ooi (2004), pp 1365-1386
- ^ Jackson (2008), p. 22
- ^ Spruyt (2005), p.150
- ^ Kahin (2003), p. 29
- ^ "Agressi II: Operatie Kraai. De vergeten beelden van de tweede politionele actie. Orig. edn. - ZWEERS, L". Antiqbook.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
References
- Bayly, Christopher; Harper, Tim (2007). Forgotten Wars: The End of Britain's Asian Empire. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-7139-9782-8.
- Cheong, Yong Mun (1982). H.J. Van Mook and Indonesian Independence: A Study of His Role in Dutch-Indonesian Relations, 1945-48. The Hague: Nijhoff.
- Cribb, R.B; Kahin, Audrey (2004). Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849358.
- Kahin, George McTurnan (1952). Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-9108-8.
- Keat Gin Ooi, ed. (2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576077702.
- Kahin, George McTurnan; Audrey Kahin (2003). Southeast Asia: A Testament. London: Routledge Curzon. ISBN 0-415-29975-6.
- Ricklefs, M.C. (1993). A History of Modern Indonesia Since c. 1300. San Francisco: Stanford University Press.
- Schiller, A. Arthur (1955). The Formation of Federal Indonesia 1945-1949. The Hague: W. Van Hoeve Ltd.
- Spruyt, Hendrik (2005). Ending Empire: Contested Sovereignty and Territorial Partition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
- Zweers, L. (1995). Agressi II: Operatie Kraai. De vergeten beelden van de tweede politionele actie. The Hague: SDU Uitgevers. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08.
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