Major Genderal TNI ( Purn.) Achmadi Hadisoemarto (

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: Akhmadi Hadisumarto; 5 June 1927 – 2 January 1984) was an

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soldier and politician.

Biography

At the age of 14 he moved from his hometown of

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. Then at the age of 18 he was trusted to lead ''Laskar kere'', a small millitia band during the

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. In 1948, Sukarno gave him the rank of major and was appointed Commander of Battalion 2 in the KRO (Kesatoean Reserve Oemoem) TNI. After the military reorganisation, he became commander of Detachment II of the XVII Brigade of the TNI, concurrently commander of the Solo City Military Command (KMK) and commander of the Student Battalion of the V KRU Brigade. He led the Four-Day General Strike in Surakarta which was quite successful in hitting the Dutch troops.

Minister

Major General Achmadi later served as

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in the enhanced Dwikora Cabinet. He was briefly detained during the New Order era for 10 years. He died on 2 January 1984 and was buried at the Tanah Kusir Public Cemetery in Jakarta. As a form of appreciation for his struggle, the Surakarta City government built a statue of Major Achmadi which was inaugurated on 7 August 2010 to coincide with the Four Day General Strike in Surakarta.

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