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Sukarno

1901 - 1970

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Sukarno (born Koesno Sosrodihardjo; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of the Indonesian struggle for independence from the Dutch colonialists. He was a prominent leader of Indonesia's nationalist movement during the colonial period and spent over a decade under Dutch detention until released by the invading Japanese forces in World War II. Sukarno and his fellow nationalists collaborated to garner support for the Japanese war effort from the population, in exchange for Japanese aid in spreading nationalist ideas. Upon Japanese surrender, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declared Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, and Sukarno was appointed president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sukarno is the 325th most popular politician (up from 475th in 2019), the most popular biography from Indonesia and the most popular Indonesian Politician.

Sukarno was the first president of Indonesia and was most famous for leading the country to independence.

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Among politicians, Sukarno ranks 325 out of 19,576. Before him are Barack Obama, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Syngman Rhee, Leo I the Thracian, Theodoric the Great, and Salvador Allende. After him are Macrinus, Philippe Pétain, Lavrentiy Beria, Droupadi Murmu, Şehzade Mustafa, and Ferdinand II of Aragon.

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Among people born in 1901, Sukarno ranks 6. Before him are Hirohito, Walt Disney, Werner Heisenberg, Marlene Dietrich, and Enrico Fermi. After him are Louis Armstrong, Rudolf Höss, Jacques Lacan, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Fulgencio Batista, and Clark Gable. Among people deceased in 1970, Sukarno ranks 7. Before him are Charles de Gaulle, Janis Joplin, Bertrand Russell, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Erich Maria Remarque, and António de Oliveira Salazar. After him are Abraham Maslow, Yukio Mishima, Jimi Hendrix, Alexander Kerensky, Max Born, and Nelly Sachs.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Sukarno ranks 1 out of 158. After him are Suharto (1921), Willem Einthoven (1860), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), Joko Widodo (1961), B. J. Habibie (1936), Prabowo Subianto (1951), Anthony Fokker (1890), Laura Gemser (1950), and Mohammad Hatta (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Sukarno ranks 1. After him are Suharto (1921), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), Joko Widodo (1961), B. J. Habibie (1936), Prabowo Subianto (1951), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Diponegoro (1785), and Adam Malik (1917).

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