Constitutional Assembly of Indonesia

Constitutional Assembly

Konstituante
Constitutional Assembly ; Konstituante
	National emblem of Indonesia
Type
Type	Constituent assembly
History
Founded	9 November 1956
Disbanded	5 July 1959
Leadership
Speaker	Wilopo, PNI
Deputy Speaker	Prawoto Mangkusasmito, Masyumi
Deputy Speaker	Johannes Leimena, Parkindo
Deputy Speaker	Fathurrahman Kafrawi, NU
Deputy Speaker	Sakirman, PKI
Deputy Speaker	Ratu Aminah Hidayat, IPKI
Elections
First election	15 December 1955
Meeting place
	Constitutional Assembly Building, Bandung

The Constitutional Assembly (Indonesian: Konstituante) was a body elected in 1955 to draw up a permanent constitution for the Republic of Indonesia. It sat between 10 November 1956 and 2 July 1959. It was dissolved by then President Sukarno in a decree issued on 5 July 1959 which reimposed the 1945 Constitution.

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