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The Papua Presidium Council ( id, Presidium Dewan Papua) was a 31-member umbrella group that was established to represent
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
's West Papua voice for the region's more autonomy within Indonesia and not necessarily independence. It is not only representing papuan groups but also migrants from other Indonesia islanders. It is commonly referred to as PDP among the Papuans. The Presidium presides the Papua Council, which is claimed as a re-emerged form of the
New Guinea Council The New Guinea Council ( nl, Nieuw-Guinea Raad) was a unicameral representative body formed in the Dutch colony of Netherlands New Guinea in 1961. History Prior to the formation of the New Guinea Council, there existed a Council of Directors, w ...
, established in 1961, which was approved and gazetted by the
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. The Presidium members are chosen from members of the Panel of Papua. Papua Panel itself consists of pillar groups. The Papua Council has four pillar groups: political detainees and prisoners (''Tapol/Napol''), women, the TPN/OPM, and West Papuan Youth and Customary Council of West Papua.
Theys Eluay Dortheys Hiyo Eluay (known as Theys Hiyo Eluay; 3 November 1937 – 10 November 2001) was an Indonesian local politician from Irian Jaya (currently Papua) turned West Papuan independence activist. Known as the former leader of Papua Presidium ...
was one of the heads of the PDP until his killing by
Kopassus The Kopassus ( id, Komando Pasukan Khusus, Special Forces Command) is an Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) special forces group that conducts special operations missions for the Indonesian government, such as direct action, unconventional warfare, sa ...
in 2001. The result of these efforts lead to formation of 100 members team of papuan who met President Habibie as well as his successors president Wahid. The result of which is the special autonomy law which is the result of papuan national congress in 2000. The legitimacy of the council has been challenged by the West Papua New Guinea National Congress, a rival organisation.


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