Parliament of Hindia Belanda
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Parliament of Hindia Belanda Parlemen Hindia Belanda Staten-Generaal van Nederlands Indië | |
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| 18th Parliament | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Dewan Deputi Dewan Bangsawan |
| Leadership | |
Governor-General | |
Lodewijk Engelbert, Independent | |
HRH Prince Natanegara Hadikrama, Princely house of Hadikrama | |
Government leader | The Rt. Hon. Antje Moeljani, National Indies Party |
Leader of the Opposition | Marcus Overstraten, Liberal Democratic Party (Hindia Belanda) |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Palace of the Staten-Generaal, Groot Rijstveld, Jakarta | |
| Constitution | |
| parlemen.hb | |
The Staten-Generaal is the bicameral legislative body of the Commonwealth of Hindia Belanda, consisting of the Dewan Bangsawan (upper house) and the Dewan Deputi (lower house). As a parliamentary democracy, Hindia Belanda follows the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty which dictates that the Staten-Generaal holds absolute supremacy over all political bodies within the Commonwealth. The parliament meets at the Palace of the Staten-Generaal in Groot Rijstveld, Jakarta.
The Staten-Generaal of Hindia Belanda is the direct successor of the Volksraad and the Raad van Nederlands Indië, after the two were dissolved in 1929 when the colony achieved independence and the Commonwealth in its current form was first established.