Tan Malaka
Communist Indonesian politician (1897-1949) · Indonesia · Politicians · Died at 51
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Something wrong?Ibrahim Datuak Sutan Malaka built a rival left outside the Communist Party, spent decades in exile and underground, and died in 1949 shot by Indonesian republican forces - the same republic Tempo later called him father of.
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Born 2 June 1897, he moved from teacher to Marxist organizer, founding Struggle Union when orthodox communism wouldn't hold his vision. The state he helped theorize into being turned on him: he worked as philosopher, guerrilla, and spy through years of exile, always outside the center. On 21 February 1949, republicans executed him in the confusion of the independence war. He founded the Murba Party, and the republic named him national hero after the fact.
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