Indonesian Constitutional Assembly

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The Indonesian Constitutional Assembly was a representative body convened in the 1950s to draft a permanent constitution for the newly independent Republic of Indonesia.

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instanceOf constitutional assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indonesian Konstituante ⓘ
Konstituante ⓘ
Konstituante Indonesia ⓘ
couldNotReach two‑thirds majority on constitutional formula ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
dissolutionMethod presidential decree ⓘ
dissolved 1959 ⓘ
dissolvedBy President Sukarno ⓘ
linked to: Sukarno
electionDate 1955 ⓘ
endTime 1959 ⓘ
hasRole debating the form of the Indonesian state ⓘ
deciding on the role of religion in the state ⓘ
drafting a permanent constitution for Indonesia ⓘ
hasTopic distribution of powers between central and regional governments ⓘ
form of government in Indonesia ⓘ
relationship between Islam and the state ⓘ
state ideology Pancasila ⓘ
linked to: Pancasila
headOfGovernmentDuringExistence Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo ⓘ
headOfStateDuringExistence President Sukarno ⓘ
linked to: Sukarno
historicalPeriod post‑independence Indonesia ⓘ
inception 1956 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Indonesia
languageOfWorkOrName Indonesian ⓘ
legalBasis Provisional Constitution of 1950 ⓘ
legislativePeriod Liberal Democracy period of Indonesia ⓘ
locatedIn Bandung ⓘ
Java ⓘ
Republic of Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Indonesia

West Java ⓘ
mainIdeologicalCamps supporters of an Islamic constitution ⓘ
supporters of the 1945 Constitution ⓘ
supporters of the 1950 Provisional Constitution ⓘ
meetsIn Bandung ⓘ
numberOfMembers approximately 514 ⓘ
partOf political history of Indonesia ⓘ
precededBy Central Indonesian National Committee ⓘ
Provisional House of Representatives (for constitutional drafting functions) ⓘ
reasonForDissolution failure to agree on a new permanent constitution ⓘ
restoration of the 1945 Constitution ⓘ
replacedBy People's Consultative Assembly ⓘ
requiredMajorityForDecision two‑thirds majority ⓘ
selectionMethod general election ⓘ
significance attempt to create a permanent constitution for Indonesia after independence ⓘ
significantEvent Presidential Decree of 5 July 1959 ⓘ
deadlock over adoption of the 1945 Constitution versus a new constitution ⓘ
debates on Islamic state versus secular state ⓘ
startTime 1956 ⓘ

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Masyumi → participatedIn → Indonesian Constitutional Assembly ⓘ
Indonesian Constitutional Assembly → alsoKnownAs → Indonesian Konstituante ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian Constitutional Assembly