Definition of Sukarno

1. Noun. Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d'etat (1901-1970).

Exact synonyms: Achmad Sukarno
Generic synonyms: National Leader, Solon, Statesman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sukarno

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Suez Canal
Suez Canal Zone
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Sufism
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugriva
Suharto
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Suillus
Suillus albivelatus
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Sukarno (current term)
Sukhoi
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Sukkoth
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Suky
Sula

Literary usage of Sukarno

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order by Charles Kupchan (2001)
"It was in this context that Indonesian President Sukarno made a bid for leadership of the region. Indonesia loomed large in peninsular South-East Asia by ..."

2. Responding to Low-Intensity Conflict Challenges by Stephen Blank (1993)
"Thus Sukarno—roundly accused by his detractors as the "fascist collaborator," and under unremitting pressure from the Dutch to compromise on the ..."

3. Academic Freedom in Indonesia: Dismantling Soeharto-era Barriers by Joseph Saunders, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"... by remarkable political ferment and free expression of ideas (except for former communists) after the constraints and fears of the late Sukarno era. ..."

4. Indonesia by James Hardy (2002)
"In 1927 a graduate engineer, Sukarno, and others formed an association which ... Sukarno was arrested as an agitator and spent most of the 1930s in prison ..."

5. Loosen the Knots and Tangles by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"... the overthrow of Indonesia's Sukarno; the remaining two were merely meant to demonstrate that the US government, despite official disclaimers, ..."

6. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"As a result of the failure of the parliamentary parties to provide political and economic stability. President Sukarno as Com- ..."

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