<![CDATA[Abstrak : Kingdom of Siak is a kingdom which located at one of cities in Riau Province, it’s Siak Regency. Kingdom of Siak has been there even before and after the England and Colonial take over until Indonesia’s independence era. Kingdom of Siak was built by Raja Kecik who titled Sultan Abdul Jalil Rahmat Syah in 1723. The historiography about the Kingdom of Siak isn’t only talk about its growth and expansion processes, but, history was also recorded its ups and downs as well as their prominent characters who took the role in Kingdom of Siak’s era. By writing about the characters who have struggled, we expected people could know and respect how the struggle they’ve been through, as well as the role of this four Datuks which called by Datuk Empat Suku, such as Datuk Lima Puluh, Datuk Tanah Datar, Datuk Kampar, and Datuk Pesisir. The four Datuks were Sultan’s confidants who appointed as Kingdom Councils and responsible to set the wheels of Kingdom of Siak’s government. This research purposes are: (1) To know more about Datuk Empat Suku, (2) To know the role of Datuk Empat Suku in Kingdom of Siak’s government system, (3) To know the efforts that were made by Datuk Empat Suku to set the wheels of Kingdom of Siak’s government, (4) To know the role of Datuk Empat Suku after the Kingdom’s Council was abolished and the Kingdom joined Republic of Indonesia. This research was conducted by historical method. The data were derived from literature studies and interviews. The research started from submission of the proposal title until the last revision of author’s research. The research’s result showed that Datuk Empat Suku as Kingdom’s Councils, have important role to the sustainability of the development of the Kingdom’s government system, so Datuk Empat Suku’s presence never been abolished from the Kingdom’s government structure until the last Sultan, who is Sultan Syarif Kasim II.Keywords: Role, Datuk Empat Suku, Governments, Kingdom Siak]]>
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