Assaat
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Assaat Datuk Mudo (18 September 1904 – 16 June 1976), known as Mr. Assaat, was born in Banuhampu, Agam, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was the only President of the Yogyakarta-based Republic of Indonesia before it became the part of the United States of Indonesia, and was in office from December 1949 until August 1950. He and a number of Indonesia founders, fought for the independence of Indonesia from the Dutch.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dutch East Indies
- Place of birth
- Kubang Putiah
- Place of death
- Jakarta
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of Indonesia
- Educated at
- Leiden University
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Assaat, Mr. Gelar Datuk Mudo, Kami Perkenalkan (1954) p76.jpg
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- date of death
- 1976-06-16
- date of birth
- 1904-09-18
- name in native language
- Assaat Datuk Mudo
- Commons category
- Assaat
- ethnic group
- Minangkabau
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Assaat Datuk Mudo (18 September 1904 – 16 June 1976), known as Mr. Assaat, was born in Banuhampu, Agam, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was the only President of the Yogyakarta-based Republic of Indonesia before it became the part of the United States of Indonesia, and was in office from December 1949 until August 1950. He and a number of Indonesia founders, fought for the independence of Indonesia from the Dutch.
==Education== His early education was in Islamic schools and Dutch schools in Indonesia. He studied Islam in Adabiah, Padang and also in MULO (Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs). He continued his education in STOVIA (School tot Opleiding van Inlandsche Artsen), a medical school in Batavia (now in Jakarta). Feeling unfit to be a physician, he left STOVIA and went to AMS (Algemene Middelbare School) instead. He then continued his education in RHS (Rechts Hogeschool). He completed his education in the Leiden University with the title Meester in de Rechten (Bachelor of Law).
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