Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies

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The Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies was a semi-representative colonial council that served as an advisory and later partially legislative body for the Dutch administration in what is now Indonesia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory body
colonial council
legislative body
appliesToTerritory Dutch East Indies
capital Batavia
composition Arab members
Chinese members
European members
Indo-European members
Indonesian members
controlledBy Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
country Dutch East Indies
countryNow Indonesia
dissolutionCause Dutch East Indies campaign
surface form: Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies
dissolved 1942
World War II
establishedBy Dutch colonial government
establishedUnder Staatsblad 1917
followedBy Central Indonesian National Committee
governmentBranch legislature
hasAuthority advisory powers
limited legislative powers
historicalPeriod late colonial period in Indonesia
inception 1918
jurisdiction Dutch colonial government
legalStatus consultative assembly
locatedIn Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
memberOf political institutions of the Dutch East Indies
nativeLanguage Dutch
nativeName Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volksraad voor Nederlandsch-Indië
partOf colonial administration of the Dutch East Indies
replacedBy Japanese occupation security forces in Indonesia
surface form: Japanese military administration in the Dutch East Indies
role advisory council to the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
partially legislative body
semi-representative body
seat Batavia
Jakarta
shortName Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volksraad
significance early forum for Indonesian nationalist politicians
step toward limited political representation in the colony
significantEvent Soetardjo Petition
debates on Indonesian nationalism
introduction of elected indigenous members
petitions for greater autonomy
subordinateTo Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
usedLanguage Dutch
Indonesian
Malay

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Dutch colonial government maintainedInstitution Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
DPR historicalPrecursor Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies nativeName Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volksraad voor Nederlandsch-Indië
Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies shortName Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Volksraad
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat historicalPredecessor Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
this entity surface form: Volksraad