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Abdurrahman Wahid

Abdurrahman Wahid, AHB duhr RAHK mahn wah HEED (1940-...), served as president of Indonesia from October 1999 to July 2001.

Adityavarman

Adityavarman (?-1375?) was the first king of Melayu in central Sumatra in what is now Indonesia.

Agung, Sultan

Agung, Sultan (?-1646), was the greatest ruler of Mataram, a kingdom in Central Java in what is now Indonesia.

Aidit, D. N.

Aidit, D.

Airlangga

Airlangga (990?-1049), also spelled Erlangga, was the best-known ruler of the kingdom of Kediri, in East Java, in what is now Indonesia.

Coen, Jan Pieterszoon

Coen, Jan Pieterszoon (1587-1629), served two terms as governor general of the Netherlands Indies.

Daendels, Herman Willem

Daendels, Herman Willem (1762-1818), was governor general of the Dutch East Indies or Netherlands Indies (now Indonesia) from 1808 to 1811.

Diponegoro, Pangeran

Diponegoro, Pangeran (1785-1855), was a Javanese prince who fought against the Dutch in the Java War (1825-1830).

Gajah Mada

Gajah Mada (1300?-1364), a Javanese statesman, was the most outstanding chief minister of the empire of Majapahit, based in eastern Java.

Hamengku Buwono IX

Hamengku Buwono IX (1912-1988) was sultan of Yogyakarta, Java, from 1939 to 1988.

Hatta, Mohammad

Hatta, Mohammad (1902-1980), an Indonesian nationalist leader, proclaimed his country's independence in 1945, together with Sukarno, who became Indonesia's first president.

Hayam Wuruk

Hayam Wuruk (1334?-1389), also known as Rajasanagara, ruled the Javanese state of Majapahit from 1350 to 1389.

Iskandar Muda

Iskandar Muda (1583?-1636), was the greatest ruler of Aceh, a sultanate on the northern tip of Sumatra, in what is now Indonesia.

Kartini, Raden Ajeng

Kartini, Raden Ajeng (1879-1904), was one of the first women in Indonesia to campaign for more education, freedom, and independence for women.

Majapahit

Majapahit was an empire ruled by Hindu kings of eastern Java.

Malik, Adam

Malik, Adam (1917-1984), an Indonesian statesman, was president of the United Nations General Assembly in 1971 and 1972.

Megawati Sukarnoputri

Megawati Sukarnoputri, mehg uh WAH tee soo kahr noh POO tree (1947-...), served as president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004.

Pancasila

Pancasila is the name for the set of five principles on which the government of Indonesia is based.

Rais, Mohammad Amien

Rais, Mohammad Amien, RY ehs, mo HAM ehd AH mehn (1944-...), served as speaker of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, the country's highest government body, from 1999 to 2004.

Speelman, Cornelis Janszoon