After Indonesian became independent on August 17, 1945, Indonesia's independence preparatory committee (Panitia
Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia - PPKI) inaugurated
Ir. Sukarno as the
first president and Moh. Hatta
as the first vice president of Indonesia on August 18, 1945. Then Ir. Sukarno decided he
served as president for life. After the president and vice president elected, and then formed the Central Indonesian National Committee (Komite Nasional Indonesia Pusat – KNIP)
as interim parliament until next elections held.
The new government was declared on 31 August
1945 and wanted the
Republic of Indonesia which consists of eight provinces, namely:
Sumatra, Kalimantan, West Java, East Java, Central
Java, Sulawesi, Maluku and Nusa
Tenggara.
While deciding to become president for life, but
Ir. Sukarno was president only for 11 years, from 1945-1966. During the Sukarno
led, a lot of development going on, including monumen nasional (Monas), MPR
building, and planning of the capital city.
