Sukarno

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Sukarno was the founding father and first president of Indonesia, who played a central role in leading the country’s struggle for independence from Dutch colonial rule and shaping its early postcolonial identity.

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instanceOf head of state
human
politician
president
revolutionary
birthName Kusno Sosrodihardjo
burialPlace Blitar
East Java
causeOfDeath kidney failure
child Guntur Sukarnoputra
Guruh Sukarnoputra
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Rachmawati Sukarnoputri
Sukmawati Sukarnoputri
coProclaimedIndependenceWith Mohammad Hatta
countryOfCitizenship Indonesia
dateOfBirth 1901-06-06
dateOfDeath 1970-06-21
educatedAt Bandung Institute of Technology
Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng
era 20th century
ethnicGroup Javanese
familyName Sosrodihardjo
fieldOfStudy civil engineering
founderOf Indonesia
foundingFatherOf Indonesia
givenName Kusno
headOfGovernmentOf Indonesia
ideology Pancasila
anti-imperialism
nationalism
languagesSpoken Dutch
Indonesian
Javanese
name Sukarno
notableAchievement proclaimed Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945
notableFor leading Indonesia’s struggle for independence from the Netherlands
shaping early postcolonial Indonesian identity
notableWork formulation of Pancasila
occupation engineer
orator
politician
writer
office President of Indonesia
opponentOf Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia
orderInOffice 1st President of Indonesia
participantIn Indonesian National Revolution
Indonesian independence movement
placeOfBirth Dutch East Indies
East Java
Surabaya
placeOfDeath Indonesia
Jakarta
politicalMovement Indonesian nationalism
politicalParty Indonesian National Party
PNI
positionHeld President of Indonesia
religion Islam
residence Jakarta
sexOrGender male
signature Sukarno signature image
spouse Fatmawati
Hartini
Inggit Garnasih
title Bung Karno


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