Netherlands Indies Civil Administration

Netherlands Indies Civil Administration
Nederlandsch-Indische Civiele Administratie
Arrival of NICA personnel at Kemayoran Airport in Batavia, November 1945
Leaders	Hubertus Johannes van Mook Raden Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo
Dates of operation	1944–1947
Allegiance	Netherlands  Dutch East Indies
Active regions	Indonesian Archipelago
Status	Semi-military
Allies	Royal Netherlands East Indies Army  United States[a]  United Kingdom[b]  Australia[b]
Opponents	Japan[a]  Indonesia
Battles and wars	World War II Indonesian War of Independence

The Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (Dutch: Nederlandsch-Indische Civiele Administratie, NICA) was a semi-military organisation, established in April 1944, tasked with the restoration of civil administration and law of Dutch colonial rule after the capitulation of the Japanese occupational forces in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) at the end of World War II.^[1]

In January 1946, its name was changed to the Allied Military Administration–Civil Affairs Branch (AMACAB). After the disengagement of the British South East Asia Command (SEAC) from the Indonesian Archipelago, the organization was renamed as the Temporary Administrative Service (Dutch: Tijdelijke Bestuursdienst) in June 1946.

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