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1935 Dutch East Indies Volksraad Election
Elections to the Volksraad were held in the Dutch East Indies in 1935. Electoral system The Volksraad had a total of 60 members, 38 of which were elected and 22 appointed.S.L. van der Wal & J.B. Wolters (1965) ''De Volksraad en de staatkundige ontwikkeling van Nederlands-Indië'' 2e Stuk 1927-1942, p372 Seats were also assigned to ethnic groups, with 25 for the Dutch population (15 elected, 10 appointed), 30 for the native population (20 elected, 10 appointed) and five for the foreign Orientals (Chinese and Arab Indonesian) (3 elected, 2 appointed). Candidates and parties The candidates and parties could be divided into left, right and centrist groups: Left group *Nationalists, led by R.M.A.A. Koesoemo Oetojo from Boedi Oetomo (among the representatives were Mohammad Husni Thamrin from the Betawi ethnic grpup and Oto Iskandar di Nata from Paguyuban Pasundan *Native Administrative Officials Union (among the representatives were Achmad Djajadiningrat, Wiranatakusumah V a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volksraad (Dutch East Indies)
The ''Volksraad'' (People's Council) an advisory, and later semi-legislative institution for the Dutch East Indies, was provided for by law in 1916 but was only established with the actual installation of the Council in 1918. It was a hesitant and slow attempt at democratisation of the Dutch East Indies as part of the "ethical policy" adopted by the Dutch government. The power of the ''Volksraad'' was limited as it only had advisory powers. Although part of the council was elected only a small proportion of the population had voting rights. Initially the ''Volksraad'' had 39 members, eventually rising to 60. It was reconstituted every four years. The members were partly elected, partly appointed by the colonial administration. Background The idea of a representative body in the Dutch East Indies arose partly became of the Ethical Policy implemented by the Dutch government as part of a move away from simple exploration of the colony towards expressing concern for the Indonesian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hok Hoei Kan
Kan Hok Hoei Sia (; 6 January 1881 - 1 March 1951), generally known as Hok Hoei Kan or in short H. H. Kan, was a prominent public figure, statesman and patrician landowner of Peranakan Chinese descent in the Dutch East Indies (today known as Indonesia). He was the founding president of Chung Hwa Hui (CHH), a Chinese-Indonesian political party, and sat as its leading parliamentary representative in the Volksraad. He advocated cooperation with the Dutch colonial authorities in order to attain racial and legal equality for the colony's Chinese community, but was criticised for his pro-Dutch sentiments and perceived elite indifference to poorer Indonesians. Family and early life Kan was born Han Khing Tjiang Sia in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, into the heart of the 'Cabang Atas' or the Chinese gentry of Java. His father, Han Oen Lee (1856—1893), served as '' Luitenant der Chinezen'' of Bekasi, an important administrative post in the colonial bureaucracy, and hail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch East Indies Volksraad Elections
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1935 Elections In Asia
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Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo
Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo (22 October 1890 – 20 December 1976) was an Indonesian politician who served as the first Governor of West Java in 1945. A former member of the Volksraad, he was also renowned for the 1936 Soetardjo Petition. Early life and education Soetardjo was born on 22 October 1890 in the village of Kunduran, within what is today Blora Regency. He was the sixth of eight siblings. His father Kartoredjo was a district chief in Tuban. He began attending an ''Europeesche Lagere School'' (elementary school) at the age of 8, despite the age limit for such schools being 6; according to a book later published by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Kartohadikusumo "had to be made 2 years younger" to fit this age limit. He continued to study at a school for native bureaucrats (') in Magelang, during which he joined Budi Utomo and became chairman of its local office. Career After a one-month internship, he was appointed as an assistant scribe at the Rembang Residency o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soeroso
Raden Panji Soeroso ( EYD: Suroso) (born in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies, 3 November 1893 - died in Indonesia, 16 May 1981 at the age of 87 years) was a politician, Sarekat Islam activist, and a National Hero of Indonesia. He served as Governor of Central Java and Minister of Public Works and Manpower under the Great Indonesia Party. He was also a vice chairman of the BPUPK and a member of PPKI. He was the founder of the Civil Servants Cooperative Republic of Indonesia. Soeroso was born in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies. Soeroso was posthumously honored as an Indonesian National Hero through a Presidential Decree issued on October 23, 1986. He died in Indonesia. Personal life One of his sons was Raden Panji Soejono (1926–present), an antiquities expert and senior archaeologist in Indonesia. Soejono is professor of prehistoric archeology at several universities in Indonesia. Among others: University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University and Uday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati
Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati (new spelling: Cokorda Gde Raka Sukawati), (15 January 1899 in Ubud, Gianyar, Bali – 1967) was the only President of the State of East Indonesia from 1946 to its disestablishment in 1950. Biography His title Tjokorda Gde indicates that Soekawati belonged to the highest ksatria (one of the four noble castes in Bali). In his young years, Soekawati attended a school for Indonesian officials. In 1918 he was an official Indonesian candidate appointed by the Bandung auditors. At the end of the same year he was mantripolitie (a title for indigenous officials) to Denpasar. In 1919, he had political ambitions and was promoted to Punggawa (district) of his birthplace Ubud. In 1924 he was elected member of the People's Council, which he held until 1927.Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati, ''Legende over den oorsprong van de rijst en Godsdienstige gebruiken bij den rijstbouw onder de Baliërs'', Cincinnati, OH: Albrecht & Co, 1926, pp 364, 460 Then, in the same y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukarjo Wiryopranoto
Soekardjo Wirjopranoto (June 5, 1903 - October 23, 1962) was an Indonesian freedom fighter and National Hero of Indonesia. In 1923, he was a graduate of the Law School in the District Court. Then, he worked in several cities until finally set up his own law office "Vishnu" in Malang, East Java. Sukardjo become a member of the Volksraad in 1931. Additionally with Dr. Sutomo founded the National Association of Indonesia. He also served as Indonesia's Permanent Representative at the United Nations (UN) until the end. He was buried in Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta .... 1903 births 1962 deaths Ambassadors of Indonesia to China Indonesian collaborators with Imperial Japan Members of the Central Advisory Council National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangaradja Soeangkoepon
Abdoel Firman Siregar gelar Mangaradja Soangkoepon (1885–1946, Perfected Spelling: Abdul Firman Siregar gelar Mangaraja Soangkupon) was a politician and Volksraad member in the Dutch East Indies. He was an Indonesian nationalist and was a political ally of many of the leaders who came to power in the early independence era, although he himself died before the country achieved its independence. Biography Mangaradja Soeangkoepon was born on 26 December 1885 into an aristocratic Toba Batak family in Sipirok or possibly in Padangsidempuan; his father was a local district head. His early education is not well documented; likely he studied in a local Dutch-language school. When he was passed over for succession to the family title by his father in 1902, he left for East Sumatra. His younger brother Abdul Rasjid would later become a STOVIA-educated native physician and politician as well. In 1906 he was appointed subdistrict head ( nl, onderdistrictshoofd) in Sosa Julu, Padang Lawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Noor
Mohammad Noor (24 June 1901 – 15 January 1979), known by his Indonesian name Pangeran Mohammad Noor and also written as P. M. Noor, was an Indonesian politician, independence fighter and first Governor of Kalimantan. He was also member of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence and served as the Minister of Public Works between 1956 and 1959. Early life Mohammad Noor was born on 24 June 1901, in Martapura, South Kalimantan, from an aristocratic family of the Sultanate of Banjar. Mohammad Noor was the great-great-grandson (''intah'') of Sultan Adam Al-Watsiq Billah. His father Prince Ali, was a district head, called ''kiai'', moving from one city to another. When he reached adulthood, he received a title "Prince" (''Pangeran''). After graduating from Hollandsch-Inlandsche School in 1917, he continued to Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs and graduated in 1921, then graduated from Hoogere Burgerschool in 1923, and in 1923 entered the Technische Hooges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Rasjid
Abdul Rasjid Siregar gelar Mangaradja Mahkota Soeangkoepon (born 1891, date of death unknown, Perfected Spelling: Abdul Rasyid Siregar gelar Mangaraja Suangkupon), commonly known as Dr. Abdul Rasjid, was a politician and physician in the Dutch East Indies. He was elected or appointed to the Volksraad from 1931 to 1942, during which time he sat with the Indonesian nationalist faction. During the 1930s, he became convinced that public health and cooperation with traditional healers should be central to the mission of physicians in the Indies. Biography Abdoel Rasjid was born in 1891 in Padang, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, into an elite Toba Batak family with roots in Sipirok. He was the younger brother of Mangaradja Soeangkoepon, who would also later become a politician. He studied medicine at STOVIA starting in around 1910 and graduated in 1914 as a native physician ( nl, Inlandsche Artsen, a lower status than European physicians). After graduating he entered the government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Hwa Hui
Chung Hwa Hui (1928–1942; the 'Chinese Association'), also known as CHH, was a conservative, largely pro-Dutch political organisation and party in the Dutch East Indies (today Indonesia), often criticised as a mouthpiece of the Cabang Atas, colonial Chinese establishment. The party campaigned for legal equality between the colony's Chinese Indonesians, ethnic Chinese subjects and Europeans, and advocated ethnic Chinese political participation in the Dutch colonial state. CHH was led by scions of the 'Cabang Atas' gentry, including its founding president, Hok Hoei Kan, H. H. Kan, and supported by ethnic Chinese conglomerates, such as the powerful Kian Gwan multinational. The party's close relationship with, and allegiance to, the Dutch colonial state is clearly demonstrated by the fact that CHH was represented in the Volksraad (Dutch East Indies), Volksraad – the embryonic legislature of the Dutch East Indies – all through the party's entire existence from 1928 until 1942. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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