Further details on new cabinet (Sjarifuddin cabinet)
Het Nieuws (Algemeen Dagblad) report (4 Jul 1947, p.1): Sukarno addressed the new Sjarifuddin cabinet, hoping for a 'policy of peace'. The cabinet has 33 ministers and vice-ministers; the minister of labour, Miss Trimurti, is the only woman member. Notes Wondoamiseno's appointment and Sultan of Yogyakarta's retention.
Laporan Het Nieuws (Algemeen Dagblad, 4 Jul 1947, hlm. 1): Sukarno berpidato kepada kabinet Sjarifuddin yang baru, berharap 'politik perdamaian'. Kabinet berisi 33 menteri dan wakil menteri; menteri perburuhan, Nona Trimurti, satu-satunya perempuan. Dicatat pengangkatan Wondoamiseno dan dipertahankannya Sultan Yogyakarta.
“The minister of labour is the only female cabinet member, Miss Trimoerti.”
Het Parool (4 Jul 1947, p.17): complete list of the new republican cabinet under Amir Sjarifuddin, including Trimoerti as minister of labour, Wikana for youth, Wondoamiseno for the interior after being released over Sjahrir's abduction. Notes Dr Boediardjo's resignation and Sukarno's swearing-in speech hoping for a pol
shared: Socialist Party (1945–1948), Aneta, S.K. Trimurti, Amir Sjarifuddin
Het Dagblad (Batavia) article (4 Jul 1947, p.1) listing the new Republican cabinet under Amir Sjarifuddin, with ministers and vice-ministers by party. It lists Mrs K. Trimurti as minister of state for labour affairs, with vice-minister Wilopo, and Wikana for youth affairs. Useful for Trimurti's appointment; no Gerwani
shared: Labour Party of Indonesia, Socialist Party (1945–1948), S.K. Trimurti, Amir Sjarifuddin
Het Dagblad (Batavia) item, 4 Jul 1947, p.1, on the new Sjarifuddin cabinet. In the passage on ministers it notes that Mrs Trimurti (S.K. Trimurti, Partai Buruh) replaces Ulfah Santoso, the only woman minister in the previous cabinet, as minister of state for labour affairs. The rest concerns other ministers and party
shared: Labour Party of Indonesia, Socialist Party (1945–1948), S.K. Trimurti, Amir Sjarifuddin
Long article in the Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (15 Jan 1947) by its "Indonesian collaborator" assessing support for the Linggarjati draft in the Indonesian provisional parliament: Masjumi and PNI divided or opposed, while the PKI, Partai Sosialis, Pesindo, Christian parties, Partai Buruh, Perwari and BTI back it
shared: Labour Party of Indonesia, Socialist Party (1945–1948), Amir Sjarifuddin, Sutan Sjahrir
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1947-07-04) lists new Indonesian Republic ministers of state. Mrs. K. Trimurti (S.K. Trimurti) of the Partai Buruh Indonesia is Minister of Labour with Wilopo (PNI) as deputy; others include Wikana, Hamengkubuwono IX and Maruto Darusman (PKI).
shared: Labour Party of Indonesia, Socialist Party (1945–1948), S.K. Trimurti, Hamengkubuwono IX
De Waarheid report (3 Jul 1947) on Amir Sjarifuddin's new Republican cabinet, announced by Radio Yogyakarta: 34 ministers and vice-ministers across PNI, Partai Sosialis, Labour and others. "Trimoerti" (S.K. Trimurti) is named Minister for Labour Affairs; Gerwani is not mentioned.
shared: Labour Party of Indonesia, Socialist Party (1945–1948), S.K. Trimurti, Amir Sjarifuddin
Tempo profile (21 April 1990), in S.K. Trimurti's own first-person voice, of her life from teacher and Partindo cadre to labour minister and spiritualist. She says she co-founded Gerwis around 1950 (Ketua III, Yogyakarta), that Gerwis became Gerwani at its third congress under Umi Sardjono, and that in 1965 she quit Ge
shared: Labour Party of Indonesia, S.K. Trimurti, Amir Sjarifuddin, Yogyakarta
De Locomotief, 13 May 1948: satirical column by an 'Indonesian collaborator' on life in the Republic. It says former Minister of Labour S.K. Trimurti, after the fall of the Amir cabinet, is 'a wiser but sadder woman' who no longer speaks publicly, and that Republican women were reluctant to speak at meetings. Hostile,
shared: S.K. Trimurti, Amir Sjarifuddin, Yogyakarta, cabinet politics