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Sukarno, Achmad
Sukarno, Achmad (1901–70) Indonesian statesman, President (1945–67). One of the founders of the Indonesian National Party (1927), he was Indonesian leader during the Japanese occupation (1942–45) and led the struggle for independence, which was granted by the Netherlands in 1949. From the mid-1950s his dictatorial tendencies aroused opposition. He was alleged to have taken part in the abortive Communist coup of 1965, after which he lost power to the army, being ousted two years later.
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Constructing a China metaphor: Sukarno's perception of the PRC and Indonesia's political transformation.
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Sukarno was arguably the single most important...there is some basic consensus concerning Sukarno's contributions to Indonesian political...the debate concerning the make-up of Sukarno's thought and action began more than...
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 "Business Times (Malaysia)")
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Sukarno - the good dead hero, BUSINESS TIMES
Newspaper article from: Business Times (Malaysia); 6/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Indonesians celebrated the centennial of Sukarno, their first president. Born on June 6 1901, Sukarno died in disgrace on June 21 1970 while under...Beneath this enigma, there is much about Sukarno that overwhelms not only Indonesians but...
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Britain plotted to depose Sukarno
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/1/1998; ; 591 words
; ...country's former nationalist President Sukarno in the early 1960s, new evidence shows...denied Britain was involved in the fall of Sukarno. But new revelations show British intelligence...operations to overthrow his regime. With Sukarno neutralised the Indonesian military was...
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Sukarno legacy in doubt as presidency slips from Megawati
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the nation's revered first president, Sukarno, almost 60 years ago. With no immediate heir apparent to Sukarno's daughter, incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri...University. "The big question is whether the Sukarno family will remain a prominent political...
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Jakarta's ex-first lady finds haven in Tokyo ; Dewi Sukarno decorates a home in her birthplace with French elegance
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/21/2009; ; 695 words
; ...first lady finds haven in Tokyo ; Dewi Sukarno decorates a home in her birthplace with...Byline: Miki Tanikawa Type: News Dewi Sukarno, the former first lady of Indonesia...posh Tokyo neighborhood of Shibuya, Dewi Sukarno thinks of herself as a kind of modern...
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Tens of thousands commemorate Sukarno's death in Indonesia
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/20/1998; ; 480 words
; ...turmoil and economic chaos characterized Sukarno's long rule. Still, his supporters...about 400 miles east of Jakarta where Sukarno was born in 1901, was estimated at more...000 - much larger than previous years. Sukarno died in 1970. Sukarno's successor...
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Confronting Sukarno: British, American, Australian and New Zealand Diplomacy in the Malaysian--Indonesian Confrontation, 1961-5. (Books).
Newspaper article from: New Zealand International Review; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; CONFRONTING SUKARNO: British, American, Australian and...Confrontation) adopted by Indonesia's President Sukarno against the new federated state of Malaysia...power. The alternative of acceding to Sukarno's demands would have seriously weakened...
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Dewi Sukarno, fabled jet-setter, settles into role in Japan as social critic
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/19/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...her late husband, Indonesian President Sukarno, and the legendary Chinese communist...perhaps Imelda Marcos, Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno is one of those rare people whose lives...She won the heart of the 57-year-old Sukarno when he was passing through Japan in 1959...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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SUKARNO'S DAUGHTER OUSTED BY GOVERNMENT-BACKED FACTION.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 6/23/1996; 543 words
; ...Megawati, daughter of the late President Sukarno. It was not clear what Megawati could...her name. Two decades after his death, Sukarno, Indonesia's independence hero and...still evokes misty-eyed reverence. Sukarno was ousted by Suharto, a former army...
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Asia's first wives and daughters club.(campaign of Sukarno's daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, to become president of Indonesia)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 6/9/1999; 700+ words
; ...daughter of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, who shepherded the country to independence...path to power began with her father. Sukarno, who used only one name as is common...archipelago. In 1966, Suharto forced Sukarno from power and kept him under virtual...
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Sukarno
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sukarno Sukarno (1901-1970) was the first president of Indonesia, a nationalist leader...Indonesia and a dominant figure throughout its history until his death. Sukarno was born on June 6, 1901, in Surabaya, East Java, of a Javanese father...
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Sukarno, Achmad
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Sukarno, Achmad (1901–70),Indonesian...were to support it—kidnapped Sukarno and his deputy at gun-point, and threatened...was averted and, with Japanese consent, Sukarno announced Indonesia's independence on...
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Megawati Sukarnoputri
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...late 1960s after Megawati's father, Sukarno, the first leader of independent Indonesia...1947, the second of five children of Sukarno, the founder and president of independent...literally translated, means "daughter of Sukarno," but many Indonesians, including her...
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Indonesia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...complete independence. Prominent here was SUKARNO's Indonesian Nationalist Party ( Partai...advantage of the Japanese defeat in 1945, Sukarno proclaimed Indonesian independence and...Guided Democracy’ of President Sukarno, a regime based on the original 1945...
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Mohammad Hatta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...they occupied Indonesia. Hatta and Sukarno, another nationalist leader, decided...independence. In Aug., 1945, Hatta and Sukarno joined in proclaiming the birth of the independent Republic of Indonesia. Sukarno became president and Hatta was vice...
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