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Oct. 4, 1999 President B.J. Habibie signs Law No. 45/1999

carving Irian Jaya into three provinces: West

Irian Jaya, Central Irian Jaya and East Irian

Jaya.

Dec. 31, 1999 President Abdurrahman Wahid renames Irian

Jaya as West Papua

Nov. 21, 2001 President Megawati Soekarnoputri signs Law

No. 21/2001 granting special autonomy status

to Papua

Jan. 1, 2002 Papua becomes the official name for the

province once called Irian Jaya

Nov. 12, 2002 The House of Representatives passes Law

26/2002 amending the Law No.45/1999

stipulating mechanisms to fill in seats of

regional legislative councils in the three

proposed new provinces

Jan. 27, 2003 Megawati issues Presidential Instruction No.

1/2003 on the establishment of West Irian

Jaya, Central Irian Jaya and East Irian Jaya

provinces

Nov. 11, 2003 Megawati issues decree 213/M/2003 appointing

Octavianus Atuturi as West Irian Jaya

governor

June 14, 2004 The Jakarta State Administrative Court annuls

Megawati's 213/M/2003 Decree, making the

appointment of Octavianus Atuturi illegal

Nov. 11, 2004 The Constitutional Court rules that Law No.

26/2002 effectively annulled Law No.45/1999

and renders Presidential Instruction No.

1/2003 invalid.