In memory of IndonesiaFirst President Dr. Ir. Soekarno

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DR. Ir. SOEKARNO :

06 Juni 1901 – 21 Juni 1970

Sukarno, born Kusno Sosrodihardjo (6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was the first President of Indonesia. He helped the country win its independence from the Netherlands and was President from 1945 to 1967, presiding with mixed success over the country's turbulent transition to independence. Sukarno was forced out of power by one of his generals, Suharto, who formally became President in March 1967.

The son of a Javanese primary school teacher, an aristocrat named Raden Soekemi Sosrodihardjo and his Balinese wife named Ida Ayu Nyoman Rai from Buleleng regency, Sukarno was born in Blitar, East Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Following Javanese custom, he was renamed after a childhood illness. He was admitted into a Dutch-run school as a child. When his father sent him to Surabaya in 1916 to attend a secondary school, he met Tjokroaminoto, a future nationalist. In 1921 he began to study at the Technische Hogeschool (Technical Institute) in Bandung. He studied civil engineering and focused on architecture.

Sukarno married Siti Utari circa 1920, and divorced her to marry Inggit Garnasih, who he divorced circa 1931 to marry Fatmawati. Without divorcing, Sukarno also married Hartini, and circa 1959 Dewi Sukarno. Other wives included Oetari, Kartini Manoppo, Ratna Sari, Haryati, Yurike Sanger, and Heldy Djafar.

Megawati Sukarnoputri, who served as the fifth president of Indonesia, is his daughter by his wife Fatmawati. Her younger brother Guruh Sukarnoputra (born 1953) has inherited Sukarno's artistic bent and is a choreographer and songwriter, who made a movie Untukmu, Indonesiaku (For You, My Indonesia) about Indonesian culture. He is also a member of the Indonesian People's Representative Council for Megawati's Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle. His siblings Guntur Sukarnoputra, Rachmawati Sukarnoputri and Sukmawati Sukarnoputri have all been active in politics. Sukarno had a daughter named Kartika by Dewi Sukarno. In 2006 Kartika Sukarno married Frits Seegers, the Netherlands-born chief executive officer of the Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Bank. Other offspring include Taufan and Bayu by his wife Hartini, and a son named Toto Suryawan Soekarnoputra (born 1967, in Germany), by his wife Kartini Manoppo. Popular ladies' magazines such as Femina and Kartini regularly run features about newly discovered lookalike sons and daughters throughout the archipelago, who often disappear when pressed to take a DNA test by the official Sukarno children.

Excerpt from Wikipedia.

Indonesian President Sukarno

Indonesian President Sukarno was taken prisoner by Dutch troops in

an attempt to retain control of Indonesia.

Image: Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed: ca. 1945-1949

Sukarno and Family Original caption: 3/11/1946-Batavia, Java, Indonesia- Dr. I.R. Sukarno, Nationalist leader and President of the

Indonesian government, with his wife and son, Guntur, shown at their home. The eyes of the entire world are on this man, who, although he was in power during the Japanese occupation, has managed to retain his authority.

The peace and prosperity of 80,000,000 Indonesians depend on his decisions.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: March 11, 1946 Location Information: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia

Indonesian President Achmad SukarnoPresident of Indonesia, Sukarno, in 1949.

Image: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBISPhotographer: Bert Hardy Date Photographed: April 1949 

Mohammed HattaDr. Mohammed Hatta the Prime Minister of Indonesia (1902-1980).

Image: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS Collection: Historical Standard RMDate Photographed: 1949 Location Information: Indonesia

Indonesian President Sukarno Calming down ProtestersOriginal caption: Indonesian President Sukarno, shown here speaking to a crowd in September of 1950, was reported trying to calm thousands of angry demonstrators near the presidential palace in Jakarta, October

17.An artilery battery was brought into position outside the palace as president Sukarno talked to the crowd which had formed to demand the dissolution of Parliament and general elections. Pres. Sukarno told the

throng that he did not want to become a dictator and that he would arrange for elections as soon as possible.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: October 17, 1952

Madame Pandit and President Soekarno

Listening to an Anthem

Original caption: Madame Vijayal Laksimi Pandit of India (second from right), president of the United Nations General

Assembly, stands beside President Achmed Soekarno of

Indonesia, who salutes while the band plays the Indonesian

national anthem.The ceremony took place at a

welcoming reception for Mme. Pandit, who is touring the

country, itu ibu Fatmawati lagi hamil

Image: Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed: September 12, 1954

Location Information: Bandung, Indonesia

Portrait of Dr Sukarno Photo yang terkenal.

Original caption : This is the latest official portrait of Dr. Soekarno, the President of the Republic of Indonesia.Image: Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed: January 19, 1956

Nixon Greets President SukarnoOriginal caption: 5/16/1956-Washington, DC-: Indonesia's President Achmed Sukarno is escorted by Vice

President Richard Nixon as the visiting Chief of State received full military honors and a 21-gun salute on his arrival at Washington National Airport at noon.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: May 16, 1956 Location Information: Washington, DC, USA

President Eisenhower and President SukarnoU.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) meets with Sukarno (1901-1970), the first

President of Indonesia after the country gained its independence from the Dutch in 1945. Image: CORBIS Date Photographed: ca. 1953-1961. Location Information: Washington, DC,USA

President Sukarno with President EisenhowerOriginal caption: 5/16/1956-Washington, D.C.- President Sukarno of Indonesia ( L) sits with

President Eisenhower during a closed-circuit television broadcast in connection with the dedication of a new General Motors technical center in Detroit.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: May 16, 1956. Location Information: Washington, DC, USA

Achmed Sukarno Waving from His LimousineOriginal caption: Asian leader responds to capital welcome. Washington, D.C.: President Sukarno of Indonesia waves from his open limousine in response to greeting accorded him yesterday on his arrival in Washington for an 18 day official state visit. Dr. Sukarno, leader of the world's third largest republic, which has remained

neutral in the East-West Cold War, is staying at Blair House as guest of President Eisenhower. The Asian leader expressed the hope that his visit will "lead to real friendship between the U.S. and Indonesia ."

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: May 17, 1956

Richard Nixon Speaking with

Sukarno

Original caption: Visiting president chats with "veep." Washington, D.C.: President

Achmed Sukarno of Indonesia, currently on an 18 day official visit to the

United States, is shown (left) chatting with Vice President

Richard Nixon shortly before a capitol luncheon given in his honor by Mr.

Nixon yesterday.The visiting chief of state

also addressed a joint session of Congress yesterday, an honor

accorded only to leaders of key nations.

Image: Bettmann/CORBISPhotographer: Al Muto

Date Photographed: May 18, 1956

President and Mrs. Eisenhower and Achmed SukarnoOriginal caption: 5/19/1956-Washington, D.C.- President and Mrs. Eisenhower are greeted by President

Achmed Sukarno of Indonesia as they arrived at the Mayflower Hotel for a dinner given by President Sukarno in their honor. Speaking at the dinner, President Eisenhower said that Dr. Sukarno has given the US

a "new thought, feeling and conception of freedom.“ In a toast to Mr. Eisenhower, President Sukarno said: "From what I have seen, this is a country of democracy and freedom."

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: May 19, 1956

Sukarno Receiving an Honorary Hood

Original caption: Indonesian president honored at Columbia. New York, New York: Indonesian president

Sukarno is shown being invested by Dean Harry J. Carman of Columbia with the hood of the degree of

Doctor of Laws in ceremonies at the

university today. L. to R.: Dean Carman; Dr.

Sukarno and Dr. Grayson Kirk, president of Columbia. Dr. Kirk

introduced the first president of the

Southeast Asia Republic as "a political pioneer of a great frontier of today

and tomorrow."Image: Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed: May 24, 1956Location Information: New York, New York, USA

Sukarno Shaking Hands with Dag HammarskjoldImage: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: May 24, 1956

Marilyn Monroe Standing with President Sukarno

Original caption: Indonesia's President Sukarno is shown

chatting with actress Marilyn Monroe during a party given by Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan at a

Beverly Hills Hotel last Tuesday night. The party was given in honor of Logan's brother-in-law, Marshall Noble, who is

traveling with the 62 members of the Indonesian visiting

group. Sukarno had expressed a desire to meet Miss Monroe,

who he said is one of the favorite actresses in his

country.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS

Photographer: George SnowDate Photographed: June 1956

Dr. Sukarno Chats With Mao Tse-TungOriginal caption: 11/24/1956-Peiping, China: President Dr. Sukarno of Indonesia, left, is seen chatting with Chairman Mao Tse-Tung of the People's Republic of China (Communist) during a

banquet here given by the chairman of the Red China in honor of the Indonesian President.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: November 24, 1956

Pakistani and Indonesian Leaders Saluting at

Welcoming Ceremony

Original caption: President Soekarno, (L) who is taking a rest

from the cares of the office, is shown taking the salute at the

airport on his arrival at Karachi. Standing beside the Indonesian President is President Iskander

Mirza of Pakistan. They are flanked by Indonesian and Pakistan flags.

Image: Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed: January 25,

1958Location Information: Karachi,

Pakistan

Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke and President SukarnoJapanese Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke (L) greets Indonesian President Sukarno during a

state visit in Tokyo, Japan.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: 1958

Sukarno with Japanese Royalty (ketemu 'sodara tua'- Akihito masih imut)Original caption: Sukarno Guest of Japanese Emperor. Tokyo, Japan: President Achmed Sukarno (center) of Indonesia with Emperor Hirohito of Japan (left) and Crown Prince Akihito when Sukarno was guest of the

emperor at luncheon in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.The Indonesian president is on a tour of "rest" from his presidential duties. He is being given the red carpet

treatment in Japan amid rumors that he is an unofficial link for Afro-Asian leaders who want the US and Russia to get together in another summit conference. February 3, 1958.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Photographer: Ichiro Fujimura Date Photographed: February 3, 1958

President Sukarno with Osvaldo Dorticos & Fidel Castro.Original caption: 5/9/1960-Havana, Cuba- Indonesian President Sukarno (C) chats with Cuban

President Osvaldo Dorticos (L) and Premier Fidel Castro (R).The Indonesian president was beginning a state visit to Cuba.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: May 9, 1960 Location Information: Havana, Cuba

Leaders of the Non-Aligned NationsOriginal caption: 9/29/60-Yugoslavia- 5 top neutralist countries called upon Pres. Dwight Eisenhower &

Premier Nikita Khrushcev to resume their personal diplomacy with a face to face conference.The move resulted from a "neutralist summit conference" late sept. 29. Shown here at the end of the

conference are (L to R) PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Pres. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser of United Arab Rep., Pres. Sukarno of Indonesia, & Pres. Tito of Yugoslavia.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: September 29, 1960

A. Nasser and A. Sukarno Toast with

J. Nehru

Original caption: 9/29/1960-New York,

NY- United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser (L) and Indonesian President Achmed Sukarno (C) clink glasses with their host, Indian Prime

Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, at a reception at India House. The glasses contain fruit

punch.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS

Date Photographed: September 29, 1960

Location Information: New York, New York,

USA

Indonesian President Sukarno at PodiumOriginal caption: United Nations, New York: Helpful. President Sukarno of Indonesia speaks

before the United Nations General assembly, Sept. 30th. His military aide, Lt. Col. Sabur (Left), retrieved each page as the President finished reading it. Sukarno urged the General Assembly to

seek a new permanent home for the United Nations in Genevaor in some Asian or African country.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: September 30, 1960

Sukarno Achmed Speaking at

Podium

Original caption: President Sukarno

of Indonesia is shown here

delivering his speech to the

United Nations.Image:

Bettmann/CORBISDate

Photographed: October 2, 1960

 

Original caption:10/6/ 1960-New York, NY-Soviet

Premier Nikita Khrushchev (L)

stands silently by, as President Sukarno of Indonesia speaks to

newsmen outside the Soviet U.N. delegation

headquarters. Sukarno spoke to

reporters after a 40-minute meeting with the Soviet Premier.

Before his departure from the U.S.,

Sukarno issued a gloomy statement saying the session had accomplished

very little.Image:

Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed:

October 6, 1960

Sukarno with Nikita Khrushchev

Presidents Kennedy and SukarnoOriginal caption: 4/24/1961- andres Air Force Base, MD: Sukarno Here For Talks: President

Kenendy and Indonesian President Sukarno are shown in back of limousine following the latter's arrival here today. Sukarno is here for talks which may provide a gauge of U.S. prestige

in the wake of the Cuban incident.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: April 24, 1961

President Kennedy and Indonesia's President Sukarno riding in an open car past a row of soldiers.

Image: CORBIS Date Photographed: April 24, 1961

Kennedy and Johnson with Indonesia's

Sukarno 1961

Image: Bettmann/

CORBISDate

Photographed: April 25, 1961

Robert and Ethel Kennedy Sitting With Indonesian LeaderOriginal caption: U. S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, (L), and his wife visit with Indonesian president

Sukarno here. The Kennedy's lunched with Sukarno on this "courtesy call" visit.The president's brother and Sukarno are expected to discuss the Dutch Indonesian dispute and other issues

involving Indonesiad uring informal talks later during the attorney General's six day visit to the island.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: February 13, 1962

Jean Simmons and Husband Listen To

Sukarno

Original caption: 4/11/1962-Bogor, Indonesia- Film star Jean

Simmons and her husband, writer-director Richard Brooks

(r), listen attentively to Indonesia's President Sukarno as he talks with them outside Bogor

Palace.The actress and hubby are

traveling through the islands of Indonesia looking for a film locale

for the Conrad novel "Lord Jim."Image: Bettmann/CORBIS

Date Photographed: April 11, 1962

Location Information: Bogor,Indonesia

President Sukarno Saying Goodbye to His DaughtersSurrounded by citizens of Jakarta, President Sukarno kisses his youngest daughter, Sukmawati,

goodbye while his other daughters, Rachmawati (center) and Megawati (left), wait their turn. The Indonesian President was leaving for a three-week vacation in Tokyo.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS. Date Photographed: November 19, 1962

Portrait of Ellsworth Bunker, Howard P. Jones and President SukarnoOriginal caption: U.S. Special Envoy Ellsworth Bunker, right, and Ambassador Howard P. Jones, center, chatting with Indonesian President Sukarno April 6, 1965, at the Presidential Palace in Djakarta. The

Americans met with Indonesian officials in efforts to stop the "decline" of U.S. Indonesian relations.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: April 6, 1965

President Sukarno Addressing May Day RallyOriginal caption: 5/7/1965-Djakarta, Indonesia- President Sukarno of Indonesia addresses a mass May Day rally in the Sports Hall Building. Sukarno announced his decision not to attend a peace conference

with Malaysian Prime Minister Rahman in Tokyo. The announcement was viewed as a victory for Indonesia's powerful Communist Party. Posters above the silent crowd stress the unity of the working

classes in their struggle to overcome "imperialism."Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: May 7, 1965

Chou En-lai and Sukarno Ride in BoatOriginal caption: 7/6/1965-Cairo, Egypt-Cruising up the Nile River, Communist China's Premier Chou En-Lai (l) looks at the sights while his companion, President Sukarno of Indonesia checks the time. Both men were in Egypt awaiting the opening of the Afro-Asian Conference, which was to be held in Algiers. Chou stayed on in the Egyptian capital after the conference was postponed.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: July 6, 1965

President Sukarno of Indonesia

with French

Premier Pompidou of France.

Image: Bettmann /

CORBISDate

Photographed: 1965

Madame Sukarno Having Hair Done

Original caption: 7/6/1965-London, England-Having her hair put back in place by the

helping hand of a friend, Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno smiles as she

arrives in London.The Japanese-born beauty is the Indonesian President Sukarno's

"wife number three," in his harem of four wives.

Although relations between Indonesia and the British

Commonwealth are strained, Madame Sukarno received an

official welcome from the British Foreign Office.

Image: Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed: July 6, 1965Location Information: London,

England

Sukarno Inspects TroopsPresident Sukarno, the first leader of Indonesia after it became a republic in 1945, inspects his

troops.Image: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS Date Photographed: October 1965

Portrait of SukarnoOriginal caption : Close-up of Sukarno at Merdeka Palace,

when he announced a new six man presidium.Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: March 27, 1966

Indonesian President and

MinistersOriginal caption :

General views of Indonesia President.

President Sukarno with other ministers.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS

Date Photographed :

April 15, 1966

Dewi Sukarno Admiring Her InfantOriginal caption: Ratna Sari Dewi, Japanese wife of former Indonesian President Sukarno, holds her 2 week

old daughter, named Kartika Sari--"Essence of the Star," is shown in her private suite at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo. The baby born March 7th there, became the eighth child for the 65 year old former

President.Madame Sukarno and her daughter were released from the hospital on March 18th. She told newsmen

before leaving the hospital, she plans to rest for about six to eight weeks before returning to Djakarta in late April.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: March 18, 1967 Location Information: Tokyo, Japan.

Portrait of SukarnoOriginal caption: Leaving past glories behind, Indonesia's former leader Sukarno

now lives quietly isolated from his people. Sukarno, who at one time traveled extensively and who boasted of four wives, is not allowed now to travel inside or

outside Indonesia without permission and can only see one of his wives. At age 67, Sukarno is now truly in the September of his years.

Image: Bettmann/CORBIS Date Photographed: June 30, 1967

Former Wife of Sukarno with New Husband

Original caption:10/3/ 1967-Djakarta, Indonesia- Former

Indonesian President Sukarno's fourth wife, Harjati, is seen in

traditional Indonesian wedding attire with her new husband at their

wedding reception.Harjati married ex-Indonesian Army Major Sakri Sunarto Sukiman, son of

a Sukarno political enemy, Dr. Sukiman Wirjosandjojo, former

chairman of the "Masjumi" Moslem party, which was banned by Sukarno.

Image: Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed: October 3, 1967

Location Information: Djakarta, Indonesia

 

Soldiers at President Sukarno's FuneralOriginal caption: 6/22/1970-Blitar, East Java-Former Indonesian President Sukarno is buried with full military honors in the family cemetery at his birthplace. Sukarno,

who served as president from 1945 to 1967, died early June 21st at the age of 69.

Image: Bettmann/CORBISDate Photographed: June 22, 1970Location Information: Blitar,East Java

Dewi Sukarno and Her Daughter

Dewi Sukarno, widow of former president of The

Republic of Indonesia Sukarno,with their daughter,

Kartika Sukarno during winter vacation in Gstaad.

Image: James Andanson/Sygma/ Corbis

Photographer: James AndansonDate Photographed: December 1,

1983Location Information: Gstaad,

Switzerland