Governor-General van Starkenborgh wanted to appoint an Indonesian, Achmad Djajadiningrat, as charman, but was overruled by Dutch Minister of Colonial Affairs Charles Welter, who appointed Dutchman Jan Jonkman. Gallery References Notes and citations Bibliography Palmer and Colton. A History of the Modern World (McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1992). Dutch East Indies Dutch East Indies 1918 establishments in the Dutch East Indies 1942 disestablishments in the Dutch East Indies History of Indonesia Politics of Indonesia Indo people