(12 August 1902 – 14 March 1980) was Indonesia's first
vice president, later also serving as the country's
prime minister. Known as "The Proclamator", he and a number of Indonesians, including the first president of Indonesia,
Sukarno, fought for the independence of Indonesia from the
Dutch. Hatta was born in
Fort De Kock,
West Sumatra,
Dutch East Indies (now
Indonesia). Despite his efforts to gain Indonesian independence, he studied in the
Netherlands from 1921 until 1932. Moreover, after his early education, he studied in Dutch schools in the Dutch East Indies.