The Third Sjahrir Cabinet was the fourth Indonesian cabinet. It served from October 1946 to July 1947, when it fell due to disagreements related to the implementation of the Linggadjati Agreement and subsequent negotiations with the Dutch.
Third Sjahrir Cabinet
Sutan Sjahrir was an Indonesian politician, and revolutionary independence leader, who served as the first Prime Minister of Indonesia, from 1945 until 1947. Previously, he was a key Indonesian nationalist organizer in the 1930s and 1940s. Unlike some of his colleagues, he did not support the Japanese during the Japanese occupation and fought in the resistance against them. He was considered to be an idealist and an intellectual.
Sjahrir in 1950
Image: Sutan Sjahrir signature
The Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs (MULO) in Medan, c. 1920's
Sjahrir at KNIP plenary session, 1947 in Malang.