Mohammad Hatta or 'Bung Hatta' is one of the central figures behind the Indonesia independence.
Together known as 'The Proclamators' with President Soekarno, Indonesia's first vice president was also acknowledged as diplomat, activist, statesman and the pioneer of Indonesian cooperatives.
We bet you've heard much of him, but perhaps this series of photo retrieved from various sources could give a glimpse ofthe other side of the country's founding father.
Hatta and the Dutch Foreign Minister, Dirk Stikker in Den Haag (The Hague) on August 25, 1949.
(Henk Blansjaar/Spaarnestad)(brl/red)
