Indonesian Christian Party Partai Kristen Indonesia | |
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| Abbreviation | Parkindo |
| Chairman | Wilhelmus Zakaria Johannes (first) Melanchton Siregar (last) |
| Secretary-General | Maryoto (first) Sabam Sirait (last) |
| Founded | 10 November 1945 |
| Dissolved | 11 January 1973 |
| Preceded by | Parki |
| Merged into | Indonesian Democratic Party |
| Succeeded by | Indonesian Christian Party 1945 Prosperous Peace Party (claimed) |
| Headquarters | Djakarta |
| Newspaper | Kemudi Sinar Harapan |
| Think tank | Association of Indonesian Christian Intelligence |
| Student wing | Indonesian Christian Student Movement Indonesian Christian Pupil Movement |
| Youth wing | Indonesian Christian Youth Movement |
| Women's wing | Indonesian Christian Women's Association |
| Armed wing | Arrow Division (during Indonesian National Revolution) |
| Membership | 1,049,475 (1969) |
| Ideology | Pancasila Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Religion | Protestant |
The Indonesian Christian Party (Indonesian: Partai Kristen Indonesia), better known as Parkindo, was a Christian political party active in Indonesia from 1950 until 1973, when it was merged to make the Indonesian Democratic Party.
Founded by Johannes Leimena and Melanchton Siregar, the former Military Governor of North Sumatra, who was known as a local teacher in Tarutung. Its support was concentrated in Protestant areas of Indonesia. It had considerable influence despite the small number of Christians in Indonesia due to the large numbers of Christians in the civil service, the army and educational establishments and because of the high profile of party leader Johannes Leimena who served in several Indonesian cabinets and as deputy prime minister.[1] In the 1955 Indonesian legislative election, the party won 2.6% of the vote and eight seats in the People's Representative Council.[2] However, in the 1971 elections, the last it contested before being merged into the Indonesian Democratic Party, it gained only 1.34% of the vote.[3][4]