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Tan Malaka

1897 - 1949

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Ibrahim Simabua Datuak (posthumous) Sutan Malaka also known as Tan Malaka (2 June 1897 – 21 February 1949) was an Indonesian statesman, teacher, Marxist, philosopher, founder of Struggle Union (Persatuan Perjuangan) and Murba Party, independent guerrilla and spy, Indonesian fighter, and national hero. Tempo credited him as "Father of the Republic of Indonesia" (Indonesian: Bapak Republik Indonesia). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tan Malaka is the 10,309th most popular politician (up from 10,365th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indonesian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tan Malaka ranks 10,309 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander I Aldea, Rainulf Drengot, Frederuna, Gjergj Fishta, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, and Władysław Czartoryski. After him are Harry F. Byrd Jr., Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Mihai Ghimpu, Tamás Bakócz, António José de Almeida, and Jin of Xia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Tan Malaka ranks 141. Before him are Wilhelm Falley, Lazare Ponticelli, Edith Head, Zhang Guotao, Paul Ben-Haim, and Valentin Kataev. After him are Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, John Bagot Glubb, Xu Zhimo, August Heissmeyer, Traicho Kostov, and Louis Réard. Among people deceased in 1949, Tan Malaka ranks 83. Before him are Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, Koçi Xoxe, Frank Morgan, Sam Wood, Nándor Dáni, and Otto Nerz. After him are Boris Asafyev, Martin Knudsen, Ivan Poddubny, Traicho Kostov, Josep Maria Jujol, and Vyacheslav Ivanov.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Tan Malaka ranks 28 out of 158. Before him are George Uhlenbeck (1900), Lil Dagover (1887), Hendrik Brouwer (1581), Adam Malik (1917), Raden Saleh (1811), and Hella Haasse (1918). After him are Sutan Sjahrir (1909), Cut Nyak Dhien (1850), Iskandar Muda (1583), Abdul Haris Nasution (1918), Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (1950), and Martha Christina Tiahahu (1800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Tan Malaka ranks 13. Before him are B. J. Habibie (1936), Prabowo Subianto (1951), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Diponegoro (1785), and Adam Malik (1917). After him are Sutan Sjahrir (1909), Iskandar Muda (1583), Ma'ruf Amin (1943), Ki Hajar Dewantara (1889), Fatmawati (1923), and Jusuf Kalla (1942).

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