Manowar Musso

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Manowar Musso

Manowar Musso (also: Manovar Muso ; born August 12, 1898 in Kediri , † October 31, 1948 in Madiun ) was an Indonesian communist politician .

Life

Musso came from a peasant family . He joined Sarekat Islam in 1919 . In connection with a peasant uprising on Java in 1920 he was arrested and sentenced to three years of forced labor. In 1923, Musso joined the Communist Party of Indonesia ( Partai Komunis Indonesia , PKI). From 1923 to 1925 he was a member of the PKI Central Committee and headed the postal workers' union.

From 1925 to 1935, Musso was in emigration, among others in the Soviet Union , the Netherlands , Belgium and France . From 1928 he was a member of both the Executive Committee of the Comintern and the Profintern . In April 1935, Musso returned illegally to Indonesia and tried to rebuild the party, but had to flee again to the Soviet Union in 1936. In 1938/39 he lived in exile in Belgium, from 1939 to 1941 he was held in an internment camp in France.

In 1948 he returned to Indonesia. In September 1948 he was elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the PKI. During the Madiun events in 1948, Musso was killed by the military.

Works

  • Индонезия - Колония голландского империализма ( Indonesia - Colony of Dutch Imperialism ). Moscow 1931.

literature

  • Ragna Boden: The Limits of World Power. Soviet policy towards Indonesia from Stalin to Brežnev . Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, passim.

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personal data
SURNAME Musso, Manowar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muso, Manovar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indonesian communist politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Kediri
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1948
Place of death Madiun