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From Admiration to Resistance

Monday, June 1, 2026

Sumitro Djojohadikusumo admired Sukarno from a young age. Ideological differences later drove him to join the PRRI rebellion.

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Sumitro Djojohadikusumo attends the inauguration of the Wilopo Cabinet members, April 1952. National Library Collection. tempo : 178032722163.

“HE once promised a reward to anyone who could bring him my head, yet I still respected him deeply.” That was how Sumitro Djojohadikusumo described President Sukarno in Pelaku Berkisah: Ekonomi Indonesia 1950-an sampai 1990-an (Actors Speak: Indonesian Economy from the 1950s to the 1990s). Beneath their opposing political positions lay Sumitro’s enduring admiration for the man Indonesians called Bung Besar.

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