caption serviceyears commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit birth_date rank image article_title name
alex evert kawilarang 1945 -- 1961 t & t iii siliwangi -lrb- tni -rrb- 6 june 2000 jakarta , indonesia batavia , dutch east indies indonesia indonesia permesta knil permesta -lrb- 1941-1942 -rrb- t & t iii siliwangi 23 february 1920 colonel purnawirawan -lrb- tni -rrb- commander -lrb- permesta -rrb- kawilarang 03a.jpg alexander evert kawilarang
 alex evert kawilarang
alexander evert kawilarang

alex kawilarang -lrb- 23 february 1920 -- 6 june 2000 -rrb- is an indonesian military officer , a freedom fighter and founder of the military unit ` kesko tt ' in 1952 , the founding name of the now famous indonesian special forces unit kopassus .
however in 1959 he resigned his post as military attaché to the united states to become a general in the separatist permesta movement where he encountered kopassus as his opponent .
colonel kawilarang was born in meester cornelis -lrb- now jatinegara -rrb- in the dutch east indies , and died in jakarta , indonesia .
his father major a.h.h. kawilarang was a professional soldier in the dutch colonial army -lrb- knil -rrb- .
both his parents are from the minahasa .
his first indo -lrb- dutch-indonesian -rrb- wife is nelly van amden with whom he had a daughter and a son .
