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Sutan Sjahrir

1909 - 1966

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Sutan Sjahrir (5 March 1909 – 9 April 1966) was an Indonesian statesman and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of Indonesia from 1945 until 1947. He played a key role during the Indonesian National Revolution and was active in the nationalist movement during the 1930s. Sjahrir is remembered as an idealist and intellectual. Born to a Minangkabau family, he studied at the University of Amsterdam and later became a law student at Leiden University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sutan Sjahrir is the 10,839th most popular politician (down from 10,505th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 35th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Indonesian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sutan Sjahrir ranks 10,839 out of 19,576. Before him are K. Kamaraj, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Roberto Farinacci, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. After him are Nasir-ud-Daulah, Gottschalk, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy, and Hussein Kamel al-Majid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Sutan Sjahrir ranks 156. Before him are Georg Konrad Morgen, Luigi Villoresi, Kató Lomb, Christophe Soglo, Miklós Radnóti, and Toshiko Yuasa. After him are Koichi Kudo, Spyros Markezinis, Guillermo Gorostiza, Robert Serber, Zoran Mušič, and Laxmi Prasad Devkota. Among people deceased in 1966, Sutan Sjahrir ranks 103. Before him are Petar Radaković, Vilis Lācis, Philipp Frank, Charles Whitman, Victor Kravchenko, and Elio Vittorini. After him are George Ohsawa, Gaspar Cassadó, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Fritz Bleyl, Guillermo Gorostiza, and J. F. C. Fuller.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Sutan Sjahrir ranks 29 out of 158. Before him are Lil Dagover (1887), Hendrik Brouwer (1581), Adam Malik (1917), Raden Saleh (1811), Hella Haasse (1918), and Tan Malaka (1897). After him are Cut Nyak Dhien (1850), Iskandar Muda (1583), Abdul Haris Nasution (1918), Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (1950), Martha Christina Tiahahu (1800), and Ma'ruf Amin (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Sutan Sjahrir ranks 14. Before him are Prabowo Subianto (1951), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Diponegoro (1785), Adam Malik (1917), and Tan Malaka (1897). After him are Iskandar Muda (1583), Ma'ruf Amin (1943), Ki Hajar Dewantara (1889), Fatmawati (1923), Jusuf Kalla (1942), and Agus Salim (1884).

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