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Indonesian military leader (1925–1989)

Sarwo Edhie Wibowo (25 July 1925 – 9 November 1989) was an Indonesian military leader and the father of Kristiani Herrawati, the former first lady of Indonesia, and the wife of PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono and also the father of Chief of StaffPramono Edhie Wibowo.

As an army colonel, he played a direct role in directing troops during the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, in which more than half a million Indonesian civilians died.

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With Suharto's blessing, Wibowo initiated the slaughter.^[1] Later, he served as Chairman of the BP-7 center, as Indonesia's ambassador to South Korea, and as governor of the Indonesian Military Academy.

Early life

Born in Purworejo, Central Java to a family of civil servants working for the Dutch Colonial Government.

As a child, he learned silat as a form of self-defense. As he grew up, Sarwo Edhie formed an admiration for the Japanese Army and their victories against th