Indonesian National Party
The Indonesian National Party was the name used by several nationalist political parties in Indonesia from 1927 until 1973. The first PNI was established by future President Sukarno. After independence, the new PNI supplied a number of prime ministers, and participated in the majority of cabinets in the 1950s and 1960s. The party was fused into the Indonesian Democratic Party in 1973. In the years following the reforms of the late 1990s, a number of parties claiming to be the continuation of previous PNIs stood in elections, but gained only a handful of seats.
Sidik Djojosukarto, PNI chairman 1950–1955
Ali Sastroamidjojo, PNI chairman and Indonesian prime minister
Hadisubeno Sosrowerdojo, the final PNI chairman
Image: Presiden Sukarno
Sukarno was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Official portrait, c. 1949
Sukarno with his father, Raden Soekemi Sosrodihardjo
Sukarno with his mother, Ida Ayu Nyoman Rai
Sukarno as a HBS student in Surabaya, 1916