Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence

Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence
Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia; 独立準備委員会; Dokuritsu Junbi Inkai
	; PPKI meeting on 18 August 1945
Agency overview
Formed	August 7, 1945
Preceding agency	Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence;
Dissolved	August 29, 1945
Superseding agency	Central Indonesian National Committee;
Agency executives	Soekarno, Chairman; Mohammad Hatta, Vice Chairman;

The Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (Indonesian: Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia, abbreviated as PPKI, Japanese: 独立準備委員会, romanized: Dokuritsu Junbi Iinkai) was a body established on 7 August 1945 to prepare for the transfer of authority from the occupying Japanese to Indonesia. It approved and promulgated the first Indonesian constitution, and appointed Sukarno president.

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