The Resume

(June 6, 1901-June 21, 1970)
Born in Blitar, East Java, Indonesia
Birth name was Kusno Sosrodihardjo
Graduated from Bandung Institute of Technology (1926)
Founded the Indonesian Nationalist Party (1927)
President of Indonesia (August 18, 1945-March 12, 1967)
Died in Jakarta, Indonesia

Why he might be annoying:

He collaborated with the Japanese when they occupied Indonesia during World War II.
His alignment with the Soviet Union and China worried Indonesians who thought that their country would become communist.
He had ten wives, and was married to four of them simultaneously.
His Japanese wife, Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno, is 38 years his junior.
His name is sometimes spelled as ‘Soekarno’.
His role as president was largely ceremonial until 1957.
His theory of ‘Guided Democracy’ ended up turning Indonesia into an autocracy.
It also threatened Indonesia’s unity and caused economic decline as well.
When West Papua declared independence from the Netherlands, he invaded the region and annexed it two years later (1961).
His role in a left-wing coup attempt, which was crushed by the army led by General Suharto, and the subsequent purge of communists, remains in dispute (October 1, 1965).
He imprisoned a band called Koes Plus for their immoral lyrics, even though he himself had a reputation as a womanizer.
He passed discrimination laws against Indonesia's Chinese minority.

Why he might not be annoying:

He fought for Indonesia’s independence.
The Dutch put him in prison for his political activities (1929), and later sent him to exile on Flores and then Sumatra (1933).
He was renamed because of a childhood illness and Javanese custom.
Despite the worsening situation under ‘Guided Democracy’, he retained support from ordinary Indonesians, especially farmers and factory workers.
Suharto put him under house arrest.
His daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, is Indonesia’s first female president.
He was fluent in Indonesian, Sundanese, Balinese, Dutch, Arabic, French, English, German, and Japanese.
He held the Bandung Conference to combat colonialism and imperialism (1955).

Credit: Big Lenny

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Big Lenny's Profiles [Series 01]
• Bigamists/Polygamists
• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 9)
• Dictator's Club
• I Died in 1970 (Ranked: 69)
• I Have Kidney Stones
• I Married at Least Five Times [I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!]
• I Survived an Assassination Attempt
• Known By a Single Name
• Look at Me, Grrr, I'm Angry
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Fez
• Look at Me, Oh!
• Look at My Flag
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• New York City Ticker Tape Parades (Ranked: 1956)
• Profiles 27501-27750 (Ranked: 27504)
• They Named an Airport in My Honor

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 38 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 91.30% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 61 Votes: 68.85% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 57 Votes: 73.68% Annoying