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25-11-2023, 08:15 AM
Prabowo was born in Jakarta on Oct. 17, 1951, the third of four children to one of the most powerful families in Indonesia. His father, Soemitro Djojohadikusumo, was a prominent economist and politician who held several ministerial posts under presidents Sukarno and Soeharto. His mother, Dona Marie Siregar, was a housewife who studied surgical nursing in the Netherlands.
Prabowo spent most of his childhood overseas due to his father's involvement in the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI), which was set up in 1958 in opposition to the Sukarno administration. As a result, Prabowo is fluent in French, German, English and Dutch.
Prabowo joined the military, then called the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI), shortly after he graduated from the Armed Forces Academy (AKABRI) in 1974. He served with ABRI for 28 years before he was dishonorably discharged following the collapse of Soeharto’s New Order regime in 1998.
He married Soeharto’s daughter Siti Hediati Hariyadi in 1983, but they separated soon after the autocratic president’s ouster. The couple have a son, Ragowo “Didit” Hediprasetyo Djojohadikusumo, a fashion designer based in Paris, France.
Just two years after he joined the Army, Prabowo was recruited into the Sandhi Yudha division of Kopassandha (Special Forces Command), the precursor to the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus). He was sent to then-East Timor in 1976 to quell the secessionist movement there.
https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia...e_vignette
Prabowo spent most of his childhood overseas due to his father's involvement in the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI), which was set up in 1958 in opposition to the Sukarno administration. As a result, Prabowo is fluent in French, German, English and Dutch.
Prabowo joined the military, then called the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI), shortly after he graduated from the Armed Forces Academy (AKABRI) in 1974. He served with ABRI for 28 years before he was dishonorably discharged following the collapse of Soeharto’s New Order regime in 1998.
He married Soeharto’s daughter Siti Hediati Hariyadi in 1983, but they separated soon after the autocratic president’s ouster. The couple have a son, Ragowo “Didit” Hediprasetyo Djojohadikusumo, a fashion designer based in Paris, France.
Just two years after he joined the Army, Prabowo was recruited into the Sandhi Yudha division of Kopassandha (Special Forces Command), the precursor to the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus). He was sent to then-East Timor in 1976 to quell the secessionist movement there.
https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia...e_vignette
