page_title: Mohammad Hatta
section_title: Election and first months in office
hierarchical_section_title: Mohammad Hatta / Vice Presidency / Election and first months in office
caption_attribution_description: English: Wayang Kulit figure representing Dr. Mohammed Hatta (1902-1980) Nederlands: Schaduwfiguur. Wayang perjuangan heeft de na-oorlogse politieke verwikkelingen en de Indonesische vrijheidsstrijd tot onderwerp. Bahasa Indonesia: Wayang perjuangan is a shadow play about post-war political entanglements and the Indonesian fight for independence.. Wajangpop voorstellende Dr. Mohammed Hatta (1902-1980), de eerste vice President van Indonesië Русский: Первый вице-президент Индонезии Мохаммад Хатта (1902-1980), изображённый индонезийским мастером Вайянгом Кулитом в виде марионетки. Unknown language: Wayang kulit Wayang perjuangan Wayang revolusi
context_page_description: Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian politician who served as the country's first vice president. Known as "The Proclamator", he and a number of Indonesians, including the first president of Indonesia, Sukarno, fought for the independence of Indonesia from the Dutch. Hatta was born in Fort de Kock, Dutch East Indies. After his early education, he studied in Dutch schools in the Dutch East Indies and studied in the Netherlands from 1921 until 1932.
  Hatta is often remembered as Bung Hatta.
context_section_description: On 18 August 1945, Hatta was selected as Indonesia's first vice president by the PPKI to accompany Sukarno, who had been elected as the nation's first president.
  Hatta would make three important decisions in the republic's early days. On 16 October, an edict issued by Hatta gave the Central National Committee of Indonesia (KNIP) legislative powers in addition to its advisory role to the president. In the same month, Hatta also authorized the formation of political parties in Indonesia. The next month, in November, Hatta also made the decision which took away the president's role as Head of Government and transferred it to a prime minister. Hatta was able to make these crucial decisions because Sukarno was unable to attend the meetings in question, leaving Hatta in charge. For his part, Sukarno did not seem to have a problem with Hatta's decisions, at least not during the War of Independence.
caption: Hatta depicted in a contemporary Wayang Kulit puppet.
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