Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati

Tjokorda Gdé Raka Soekawati
ᬘᭀᬓᭀᬃᬤᬕ᭄ᬤᬾᬭᬓᬲᬸᬓᬯᬢᬶ
1st President of the State of East Indonesia
In office
24 December 1946  17 August 1950
Prime MinisterNadjamuddin Daeng Malewa
Semuel Jusof Warouw
Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung
J.E. Tatengkeng
D.P. Diapari
Martinus Putuhena
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1899-01-15)15 January 1899
Ubud, Gianyar, Bali, Dutch East Indies
Died1967 (Aged 67 - 68)
Indonesia
Spouse(s)Gusti Agung Niang Putu
Gilberte Vincent

Tjokorda Gdé Raka Soekawati (EYD: Cokorda Gdé Raka Sukawati; Balinese: ᬘᭀᬓᭀᬃᬤᬕ᭄ᬤᬾᬭᬓᬲᬸᬓᬯᬢᬶ; 15 January 1899 – 1967) was a Balinese nobleman and politician who served as the first and only president of the State of East Indonesia from 1946 until its dissolution in 1950. His title, Tjokorda Gdé, signaled that Soekawati belonged to the highest ksatria (one of the four noble castes in Bali). He had two wives, the first a Balinese, Gusti Agung Niang Putu, who gave him a son named Tjokorda Ngurah Wim Sukawati. In 1933, he married a French woman named Gilbert Vincent, who gave him two children.