GA-00551 1956-11-20 relevance B public
Verkiezingscomité (Panitia pemilihan)
Election committee
Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad item (1956-11-20, p. 2): the Constituent Assembly forms a five-member committee to arrange the election of its chairman: Slamet (PNI), Ali Imbido (NU), Muh. Hidajat (Masyumi), Mayrengsay (Partai Katolik) and Mrs. Suwarti (PKI), identified in the archive as Suwarti Bintang Suradi.
Berita singkat Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (20-11-1956, hlm. 2): Konstituante membentuk panitia lima anggota untuk mengatur pemilihan ketua: Slamet (PNI), Ali Imbido (NU), Muh. Hidajat (Masyumi), Mayrengsay (Partai Katolik) dan Ny. Suwarti (PKI), yang oleh arsip diidentifikasi sebagai Suwarti Bintang Suradi.
“The committee has five members, including 'Mrs. Suwarti (PKI)'.”
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- Date
- 1956-11-20
- Creator
- Algemeen Indisch Dagblad
- Publication
- Algemeen Indisch Dagblad
- Document type
- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
- Language
- Dutch
- Perspective
- Western mainstream press
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Netherlands
- Period
- 1955–1959
- Source archive
- Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
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- open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-11-20) - Verkiezingscomité [Delpher ddd-010896311-a0025].txt
- OCR / text
- Fair (0.869) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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