The State of the Republic of Indonesia (, old spelling: , ) was a

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of the

United States of Indonesia The United States of Indonesia (, ; abbreviated as RIS or RUSI, also known as Federal Republic of Indonesia) was a short-lived federal state to which the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies (except Netherlands N ...

(RUSI) which was established on 27 December 1949. The territory of the state included parts of

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and most of

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, and its capital was

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. The acting president of the Republic was

Assaat Assaat Datuk Mudo (18 September 1904 – 16 June 1976), known as Mr. Assaat, was born in Banuhampu, Agam Regency, Agam, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was the only President of the Yogyakarta-based Republic of Indonesia (1949 ...

(

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became president of the RUSI) and the prime minister was first

Susanto Tirtoprodjo Susanto Tirtoprodjo (3 March 1900 – 16 November 1969) was the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Indonesia (part of the United States of Indonesia from 20 December 1949 to 16 January 1950 after being sworn in very rapidly alongside ...

until 16 January 1950, then

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. On 17 August, the United States of Indonesia ceased to exist as the last of the component states dissolved themselves into a unitary Republic of Indonesia encompassing the entire territory of the former

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except for West Papua.

President

Assaat Datuk Mudo was the only president of this

-based republic

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