Sukarno

(so̵̅o̅ kär)

1902?-70; Indonesian statesman: president of Indonesia (1945-67)

See Sukarno in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Indonesian politician who obtained his country's independence from the Netherlands (1949), served as Indonesia's first president (1949-1967), and was ousted from office by a coup d'état.

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