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Mohammad Hatta (listen ⓘ; 12 August 1902 – 14 March 1980) was an Indonesian statesman, nationalist, and independence activist who served as the country's first vice president as well as the third prime minister.
Mohammad Hatta (August 12, 1902 - March 14, 1980) was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. He was Indonesia's first vice president , after being 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 ...
On the base of the monument is a metal inscription "Disinilah Dibatjakan Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia pada Tanggal 17 Agustus 1945 djam 10.00 pagi oleh Bung Karno dan Bung Hatta" ("This is where the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was narrated on 17 August 1945 at 10 in the morning by Bung Karno and Bung Hatta") [1] The lightning ...
Sukarno and Hatta declared independence on 17 August 1945, and the PPKI met the following day. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] In the meeting chaired by Sukarno, the 27 members, including Hatta , Soepomo , Wachid Hasjim , Sam Ratulangi and Subardjo , began to discuss the proposed constitution article by article.
In the afternoon of 15 August, Sukarno, Hatta and BPUPK member and future foreign minister Achmad Soebardjo called on Maeda to ask about the surrender rumours, and received unofficial confirmation that they were true. Hatta then asked Soebardjo to arrange a meeting of the PPKI for the following day and went home to draft a proclamation. [32] [33]
Hatta then called a meeting on the PPKI for the following day, and went home to prepare a proclamation of independence. Meanwhile a group of pemuda activists, including Wikana , D. N. Aidit and Chairul Saleh held a meeting and decided to send a delegation to urge Sukarno to declare independence as soon as possible.
Sukarno and Hatta, by contrast, were more interested in planning government and institutions to achieve independence through diplomacy. [40] Pro-revolution demonstrations took place in large cities, including one in Jakarta on 19 September with over 200,000 people, which Sukarno and Hatta, fearing violence, successfully quelled.
According to Mohammad Hatta, in his memoire "Bung Hatta Menjawab", to fulfill the mandate of the Cabinet, Minister Priyono launched the design competition. After the competition was held, there were two proposed designs selected as the finalists; one was the work of Sultan Hamid II and the other one was the work of Muhammad Yamin.