Mohammad Hatta President

About this sound Mohammad Hatta (12 August 1902 – 14 March 1980) was Indonesia's first vice president, later also serving as the country's 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 Dutch. Hatta was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Despite his efforts to gain Indonesian independence, he studied in the Netherlands from 1921 until 1932. Moreover, after his early education, he studied in Dutch schools in Indonesia.Mohammad Hatta is often remembered as Bung Hatta ('Bung' is an affectionate title used to address colleagues, popular in the early 1900s and is still used by Indonesians).

Personal facts

Mohammad Hatta
Birth dateAugust 12, 1902
Birth place
West Sumatra , Dutch East Indies , Bukittinggi
Nationality
Indonesia
Religion
Islam
Date of deathMarch 14, 1980
Place of death
Indonesia , Jakarta

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Politician

office
3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia
4th Foreign Minister of Indonesia
4th Minister of Defense of Indonesia
party
Indonesian National Party
president
Sukarno
successor
Hamengkubuwono IX
Susanto Tirtoprodjo

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External resources

  1. http://e-publishing.library.cornell.edu:80/Dienst/Repository/1.0/Disseminate/seap.indo/1107014423/body/pdf?userid=&password=
  2. http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=intitle%3AIn+Memoriam%3A+Mohammad+Hatta+%281902-1980%29&as_publication=Indonesia&as_ylo=1980&as_yhi=1980&btnG=Search