United States of Indonesia

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The United States of Indonesia was a short-lived federal state established in 1949 as part of the Dutch–Indonesian decolonization process, preceding the formation of the unitary Republic of Indonesia.

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Label Occurrences
United States of Indonesia canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former federal state
historical political entity
capital Jakarta
colonialPowerInvolved Kingdom of the Netherlands
constitutionalChange federal structure abolished in 1950
constitutionalForm federal republic
continent Asia
conventionalLongName United States of Indonesia self-link
country Indonesia
currency Indonesian rupiah
dateDissolved 17 August 1950
dateEstablished 27 December 1949
duration short-lived
establishedAsPartOf Dutch–Indonesian decolonization process
Indonesian National Revolution
firstPresident Sukarno
firstPrimeMinister Hatta
flagUsed red and white Indonesian flag
followedBy Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia
surface form: Republic of Indonesia
governmentType federal state
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister
headOfStateTitle President
historicalEra Cold War
post-colonial era
includedEntity Republic of Indonesia (1945–1950)
surface form: Republic of Indonesia (as a constituent state)

various Dutch-created federal states in Indonesia
internationalContext post–World War II decolonization
legalStatus sovereign federal state under Dutch–Indonesian Union
locatedIn Southeast Asia
memberOf Dutch–Indonesian Union
mergedInto Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia
surface form: Republic of Indonesia
nativeName Republik Indonesia Serikat
nativeNameLanguage Indonesian
officialLanguage Indonesian
politicalSystem federal parliamentary system
precededBy Dutch East Indies
Republic of Indonesia (1945–1950)
primaryNegotiationFramework Round Table Conference (1949)
reasonForCreation compromise between Dutch authorities and Indonesian republicans
reasonForDissolution integration into a unitary Republic of Indonesia
recognizedBy Netherlands
international community
shortName RIS
USI
sovereignState Indonesia
statusInIndonesianHistory transitional federal phase
successorState Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia
surface form: unitary Republic of Indonesia
territoryCorrespondedTo former Dutch East Indies (excluding Netherlands New Guinea at the time)

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Linggadjati Agreement aimedToCreate United States of Indonesia
United States of Indonesia conventionalLongName United States of Indonesia self-link