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Sutomo (3 October 1920 – 7 October 1981), [1] also known as Bung Tomo (meaning Comrade or Brother Tomo), was an Indonesian revolutionary and military leader best known for his role in the Indonesian National Revolution against Dutch colonial rule.
Sutomo (October 3, 1920 - October 7, 1981; also known as Bung Tomo) is best known for his role as an Indonesian military leader during the Indonesian War of Independence against the Netherlands. He played a central role in Battle of Surabaya when the British attacked the city in October and November 1945.
Megawati Sukarnoputri was born in Yogyakarta to Sukarno, who had declared Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands 2 years prior in 1945 and Fatmawati, a Minang descended from Inderapuran aristocracy, one of his nine wives. Megawati Sukarnoputri was Sukarno's second child and second daughter. She grew up in her father's Merdeka Palace. She ...
Wahid then realized that there was a need to recognize PDI-P's status as the winners of the Legislative Elections. With that, he encouraged Megawati to run for the vice presidency. Megawati rejected this offer when she saw that she had to face opponents such as United Development Party's (PPP) Hamzah Haz and Golkar's Akbar Tanjung and Wiranto ...
Megawati Sukarnoputri (born 1947) 23 July 2001: 20 October 2004 — 3 years, 89 days PDI-P: Vacant (23–26 July 2001) 9 Hamzah Haz: First female president of Indonesia and the first to be born after the proclamation of independence in 1945. Oldest daughter and second child of President Sukarno, first president born to another president.
Megawati Sukarnoputri (born 1947) 21 October 1999: 23 July 2001 [e] 1 year, 275 days 1999: PDI-P: Abdurrahman Wahid: Vacant (23–26 July 2001) [e] Megawati Sukarnoputri: 9 Hamzah Haz (1940–2024) 26 July 2001 20 October 2004: 3 years, 86 days 2001: PPP: 10 Jusuf Kalla (born 1942) 20 October 2004 20 October 2009 5 years 2004: Golkar: Susilo ...
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Under Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's first president Sukarno, the process of democratic reform begun under Habibie and Wahid continued, albeit slowly and erratically. Megawati appeared to see her role mainly as a symbol of national unity, and she rarely actively intervened in government business.