The first President of the Republic of Indonesia, Soekarno who is commonly called Bung Karno, was

born in Surabaya, East Java, June 6, 1901 and died in Jakarta, June 21, 1970. His father's name is
Raden Soekemi Sosrodihardjo and his mother Ida Ayu Nyoman Rai. During his life, he had three
wives and had eight children. Fatmawati's wife has children Guntur, Megawati, Rachmawati,
Sukmawati and Guruh. Hartini's wife has Typhoon and Bayu, while from Ratna Sari Dewi's wife, a
woman of Japanese descent whose real name is Naoko Nemoto has Kartika's child.

Soekarno's childhood was only a few years living with his parents in Blitar. When he was in
elementary school until his graduation, he lived in Surabaya, boarding house at Haji Oemar Said
Tokroaminoto, a veteran politician who founded the Islamic Company. Then continued his schooling
at HBS (Hoogere Burger School). While studying at HBS, Soekarno had galvanized his spirit of
nationalism. After graduating from HBS in 1920, moved to Bandung and continued to THS
(Technische Hoogeschool or Higher Engineering school which is now ITB). He won the title "Ir" on
May 25, 1926.

Then, he formulated the teachings of Marhaenism and founded the PNI (Indonesian National Party)
on July 4, 1927, with the aim of Free Indonesia. As a result, the Dutch, put him in Sukamiskin prison,
Bandung on December 29, 1929. Eight months later it was just tried. In his defense entitled
Indonesia Suing, he showed the apostasy of the Netherlands, a nation that claimed to be more
advanced.