caption vicepresident death_date death_place religion party office primeminister signature order spouse image article_title name alma_mater
sukarno in 1949 mohammad hatta 21 june 1970 jakarta , indonesia sunni islam indonesian national party president of indonesia sutan sjahrir sukarno signature.svg 1st oetari -rrb- hartini kartini manoppo dewi sukarno -lrb- m. 1960 -- inggit 1970 , his death -rrb- haryati yurike sanger heldy djafar garnasih fatmawati -lrb- m. 1943 -- 1960 presiden sukarno.jpg sukarno
 sukarno bandung institute of technology
sukarno

sukarno -lrb- surabaya , 6 june 1901 -- jakarta , 21 june 1970 -rrb- was the first president of indonesia , serving in office from 1945 to 1967 .
sukarno was the leader of his country 's struggle for independence from the netherlands .
he was a prominent leader of indonesia 's nationalist movement during the dutch colonial period , and spent over a decade under dutch detention until released by the invading japanese forces .
sukarno and his fellow nationalists collaborated to garner support for the japanese war effort from the population , in exchange for japanese aid in spreading nationalist ideas .
upon japanese surrender , sukarno and mohammad hatta declared indonesian independence on 17 august 1945 , and sukarno was appointed as first president .
he led indonesians in resisting dutch re-colonization efforts via diplomatic and military means until the dutch acknowledgment of indonesian independence in 1949 .
after a chaotic period of parliamentary democracy , sukarno established an autocratic system called `` guided democracy '' in 1957 that successfully ended the instability and rebellions which were threatening the survival of the diverse and fractious country .
the early 1960s saw sukarno veering indonesia to the left by providing support and protection to the indonesian communist party -lrb- pki -rrb- at the expense of the military and islamists .
he also embarked on a series of aggressive foreign policies under the rubric of anti-imperialism , with aid from the soviet union and china .
the 30 september movement -lrb- 1965 -rrb- led to the destruction of pki and his replacement in 1967 by one of his generals , suharto -lrb- see transition to the new order -rrb- , and he remained under house arrest until his death .
