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Mohammad Hatta
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;12 August 1902 ? 14 March 1980) was Indonesia's first
Vice President of Indonesia
, later also being the country's
Prime Minister
. He fought for the independence of Indonesia from the
Dutch
.
[1]
As a young man, he visited the Netherlands (where the Dutch are from) and argued for Indonesian independence from the Dutch. Later, he helped publish a magazine called
Indonesia Merdeka
(which means Free Indonesia).
[2]
When he returned to Indonesia, the
Japanese invaded
. He hope that they would support Indonesian independence and collaborated with them.
[3]
However, he was disappointed when it became clear that they too wanted to colonize Indonesia.
After the Japanese left, he joined
Sukarno
in declaring independence. He was Indonesia's first Vice President while Sukarno was president.
Hatta died on 14 March 1980 in
Jakarta
and was buried in Jakarta's
Tanah Kusir public cemetery
.
- ↑
Kahin, George McTurnan
(1961) [1952].
Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia
. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
- ↑
"Indonesia Journal"
.
- ↑
Mrazek, Rudolf (1994).
Sjahrir: politics and exile in Indonesia
. Studies on Southeast Asia. Ithaca, N.Y: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University.
ISBN
978-0-87727-713-2
.