Constitutional Assembly of Indonesia

Constitutional Assembly

Konstituante
Type
Type
History
Established9 November 1956 (1956-11-09)
Disbanded5 July 1959 (1959-07-05)
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Sakirman (PKI)
Deputy Speaker
Ratu Aminah Hidayat (IPKI)
Elections
Last 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.