Archive Item:
First President of East Indonesia – Tjokerde Gde Raka Sukawati
Description
7 January 1947
FIRST PRESIDENT OF EAST INDONESIA–
Tjokerde Gde Raka Sukawati (above), 48-year-old Rajah of Oeboed, Bali, has been elected first president of the new provisional state of East Indonesia. The new state is scheduled to become part of the projected United States of Indonesia.
Date
1947
Medium
B&W on glossy paper
Format
27.3cm x 20.6cm
Item Type
Press Photo
Item Category
Photography
Producer
Associated Press Wirephoto
Source
Farish Noor Collection
Subject(s)
- Indonesia
