Provisional Representative Body of East Indonesia

Throughout the existence of the Provisional Representative Body, parliamentary debates had been guided by a chairman, who were elected from among the representatives and inaugurated by the president.[2]

#	Portrait	Name	Constituencies	Term in office		Vice Chairs
				Term start	Term end
1		Tadjoeddin Noor	South Celebes	24 December 1946	29 April 1947		Sulaiman Binol
							Abdoellah Daeng Mappoedji
2		Mohammad Kaharoeddin	Sumbawa	2 June 1947	20 December 1949		Arnold Mononutu
							Abdul Hamid Daeng Magassing

After the conclusion of Denpasar Conference, there were 70 members in the Provisional Representative Body, consisted of 55 members appointed as regional representatives and an additional 15 members appointed to represent other citizen groups, such as ethnic minorities and spiritual interest group.[3][4]

Shortly before the opening of the first session of the Provisional Representative Body, ten more members were added to the body due to several changes, such as appointment to government posts, so that the number remained at 70.[5] During the Warrouw cabinet, those ten members were finally sworn in to the Provisional Representative Body, bringing the total to 80 representatives.[6][4] These members were as follows:

Due to many representatives appointed as ministers or other government posts, representatives at times might temporarily left their seat vacant, or replaced by another appointee.[6][4] These extra members, who were not on the list of the initial 70 members, were as follows:

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  Muhammad Kaharuddin III, sultan of Sumbawa and chair of the Provisional Representative Body, opening a session of the house.
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  First Session of the Provisional Representative Body.

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Bastiaans, W.Ch.J. (1950). "Personalia van Staatkundige Eenheden Regering en Volkesvertegenwoordiging in Indonesie" (PDF). Retrieved 12 February 2022.