Sukarno

American  

[soo-kahr-noh] / suˈkɑr noʊ /

Or Soekarno

noun

1. Achmed 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.

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Sukarno British  

/ suːˈkɑːnəʊ /

noun

1. Achmed (ˈɑːkmɛd). 1901–70, Indonesian statesman; first president of the Republic of Indonesia (1945–67)

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Sukarno Cultural  

1. A statesman who became the first president of Indonesia when it gained independence from The Netherlands in 1949. (See Suharto.)

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Sukarno

Indonesia was first to descend into chaos, as Sukarno and other parties fought over what sort of nation the huge archipelago would become.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The practice began in 1950 with the then Indonesian president, Sukarno, attending India's first Republic Day parade.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

His father, Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, was an influential politician, and a minister under Presidents Sukarno and Suharto.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

The daughter of Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno, Megawati Sukarnoputri, served as president and leads the biggest party in parliament.

From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2023

In 1965, Suharto, a general in the Indonesian military, claimed that Indonesian communists had sought to subvert the government by plotting to kill Sukarno.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022