Central Sumatra
Central Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatra Tengah) was a province in Indonesia whose territories included present day West Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, and the Riau Islands. Since 1957 this province has not been registered as an Indonesian province after it was dissolved by Emergency Law No 19/1957 and divided into the provinces of West Sumatra, Riau and Jambi through Law No 61/1958 by the Sukarno government.
| Province of Central Sumatra Provinsi Sumatra Tengah | |||||||||||||
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| Province of Indonesia | |||||||||||||
| 1948–1957 | |||||||||||||
Location of Central Sumatra | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Bukittinggi | ||||||||||||
| Demonym | Central Sumatran | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1948–1950 | Mohammad Nasroen | ||||||||||||
• 1951–1956 | Ruslan Muljohardjo | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||||
• Established | 15 April 1948 | ||||||||||||
• Riau succeeded, dissolved into 2 more provinces in 1958 | 9 August 1957 | ||||||||||||
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