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EFFORT TO REUNITE THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
(1950 – 1960)

cabinet without adjustment to the composition of seats in parliament.
The new cabinet was eventually formed under the name of the Karya
Cabinet.

This new cabinet began when President Soekarno held a closed meeting
at the State Palace with several community leaders and political orga-
nization figures to discuss the cabinet’s formation and choose the right
person to lead this cabinet. In this new cabinet, Soekarno wanted its
members not to come from political parties as it was not founded based
on the interests of political parties.

After holding the meeting on April 4, 1957, Presi-
dent Soekarno took a stand by appointing citizens
as members. Soekarno acted as a cabinet forma-
tor. On April 4, 1957, a meeting was held to form As a cabinet formator,
an extra-parliamentary cabinet of professionals
(zaken kabinet ekstraparlemen). Soekarno succeeded
in forming an Extra-
The President emphasized that the cabinet parliamentary
should be formed as an emergency. The cabi-
net’s composition was no longer concerned Emergency Cabinet
about the strengths that existed in the DPR but with Juanda as prime
with the expertise and skills of the appointed
ministers. minister.

The meeting agreed on a name Juanda, who nei-
ther came from any political party nor govern-
ment. As a cabinet formator, Soekarno succeed-
ed in forming an Extra-parliamentary Emergency
Cabinet with Juanda as prime minister.

The cabinet, formed based on Presidential Decree Number 108 of
1957 and inaugurated on April 9, 1957, by Soekarno, was named Zaken
Cabinet or Kabinet Karya (Cabinet of Work). This cabinet did not have
political party elements, and its establishment was not based on po-
litical parties’ interests. This cabinet mainly consisted of professionals
in their respective fields, although some ministers came from political
parties.

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