President of the State of East Indonesia

President of the State of East Indonesia
Presiden Negara Indonesia Timur (Indonesian)
Pennant of the president
Flag of the president
Only officeholder
Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati
24 December 1946 – 16 August 1950
Formation24 December 1946
Abolished16 August 1950

The president of the State of East Indonesia (Indonesian: Presiden Negara Indonesia Timur) was the head of state of the State of East Indonesia (NIT) from 1946 until 1950, when the NIT was dissolved into the Republic of Indonesia. Balinese nobleman and politician Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati was the first and only person to have served as president, though the speaker of the Provisional Representative Body would take over as acting president when Soekawati went on overseas trips.


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