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Yogi Supardi
Ignatius Yogi Supardi (25 July 1929 — 15 September 2019) was an Indonesian military officer and diplomat who became the Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense (Indonesia), Ministry of Defense and Indonesian Ambassador to Japan. Early life and education Yogi was born on 25 July 1929 in Klaten Regency, Klaten. He started his education at the ''Hollandsch-Inlandsche School'' (Dutch schools for natives), where he graduated in 1942, and graduated from junior high school in 1945. Following the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, proclamation of Indonesian independence, Yogi enrolled at the Indonesian Military Academy, Yogya Military Academy in Yogyakarta, Jogjakarta. At that time, the academy was just recently established on 31 October 1945. Yogi, along with 441 other cadets, was accepted into the academy. During his military education in the academy, Yogi seized guns from the Japanese forces in 1945 and was put in charge at the Northern Bandung Front in 1946. Yogi grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suharto
Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto led Indonesia through a dictatorship for 31 years, from the fall of Sukarno in 1967 until his own resignation in 1998. The legacy of his 31-year rule, and his US$38 billion net worth, is still debated at home and abroad. Suharto was born in the small village of Kemusuk, in the Godean area near the city of Yogyakarta, during the Dutch colonial era. He grew up in humble circumstances. His Javanese Muslim parents divorced not long after his birth, and he lived with foster parents for much of his childhood. During the Japanese occupation era, Suharto served in the Japanese-organized Indonesian security forces. During Indonesia's independence struggle, he joined the newly formed Indonesian Army. There, Suharto rose to the rank of major g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
