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PKI-candidaten (PKI candidates)

PKI candidates: prominent non-party figures agree to stand

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De Vrije Pers item (20 Aug 1954): the PKI central committee announced that Prof. Purbodiningrat, Dr. Tjokronegoro and painter Hendra Gunawan agreed to be on its list of PKI and non-party candidates; it notes that Ir. Taher Thajeb, Mrs. Salawati Daud and Ngantung had earlier agreed.

Berita De Vrije Pers (20 Agustus 1954): Comite Central PKI mengumumkan Prof. Purbodiningrat, Dr. Tjokronegoro dan pelukis Hendra Gunawan bersedia masuk daftar calon PKI dan non-partai; disebut pula Ir. Taher Thajeb, Ny. Salawati Daud dan Ngantung sebelumnya telah bersedia.

“Earlier the PKI had already announced that Ir. Taher Thajeb, Mrs Salawati Daud and Ngantung have declared themselves willing to be placed on the list.”

People

Salawati DaudPurbodiningratTjokronegoroHendra GunawanTaher ThajebHenk Ngantung

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Peasants' FrontSocialist Party (1945–1948)

Places

YogyakartaKlaten

Events

1955 parliamentary election

Topics

elections and parliamentPKI

Tags

election campaignname list

Details

Date
1954-08-20
Creator
De Vrije Pers
Publication
De Vrije Pers
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Vrije Pers (1954-08-20) - PKI-candidaten [Delpher ddd-011209172-a0018].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.847) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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