Mohammad Hatta

Mohammad Hatta, Muhammad Hatta often, ( born August 12, 1902 in Bukittinggi in Sumatra, † March 14, 1980 in Jakarta ) was Vice- President and Prime Minister of Indonesia.

After the school visit Hatta traveled to training in the Netherlands, where he attended the University of the trade Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam. In the Netherlands, he was also a leading force in the local Indonesian students. Hatta joined the independence struggle against the Dutch colonial rule and became a member of Partai Nasional Indonesia founded in 1927, which was led by Sukarno. The independence movement he represented also in 1926 and 1927 on the congresses of the International Anti - Imperialist League in Paris, Berlin and Brussels. Because of his commitment Hatta was arrested in 1927 in the Netherlands; the following year he was acquitted by a court in The Hague. After the end of the old " PNI " founded Sutan Syahrir and he the new " Pendidikan Nasional Indonesia ( PNI) ". Together with Hatta, he was arrested in 1934 and sent into exile: in January 1935 in Boven Digoel to Papua, from January 1936 to February 1942 to Banda Neira and until March 1942 in Sukabumi in West Java, where he was liberated in 1942 by the Japanese invaders been.

After the Japanese surrender, and before the arrival of Allied troops Hatta and Sukarno jointly declared 17 August 1945 unilateral independence from the Dutch motherland. The Netherlands maintained their claims with two " police actions ", while in 1948, Hatta verhaftetet.

The pressure of the Weltöffentlichtkeit and the United States eventually led in 1949 to the Dutch recognition of independence. Hatta had since 1945 initially held the position of Vice President at the side of President Sukarno, was determined in 1948 as Prime Minister of the country, as he reigned two years. After the fall of Sukarno Hatta 1966 consultant of his successor Suharto.