Ki Hajar Dewantara

Ki Hajar Dewantara
Ki Hajar Dewantara in 1949
1st Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia
In office 2 September 1945 – 14 November 1945
President	Sukarno
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Todung Sutan Gunung Mulia
Personal details
Born	Raden Mas Soewardi Soeryaningrat (1889-05-02)2 May 1889 Pakualaman, Dutch East Indies
Died	26 April 1959(1959-04-26) (aged 69) Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Spouse	Nyi Sutartinah
Children	Asti Wandansari Sudiro Alimurtolo Syailendra Wijaya Bambang Sokawati Dewantara Ratih Tarbiyah
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Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat (EYD: Suwardi Suryaningrat); from 1922 also known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara (EYD: Ki Hajar Dewantara), which is also written as Ki Hajar Dewantoro to reflect its Javanese pronunciation (2 May 1889 in Pakualaman – 26 April 1959 in Yogyakarta), was a leading Indonesian independence movement activist, writer, columnist, politician, and pioneer of education for native Indonesians in Dutch colonial times. He founded the Taman Siswa school, an institution that provided education for indigenous commoners, which otherwise was limited to the Javanese aristocracy and the Dutch colonials.

He was honored as a National Hero of Indonesia by Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, on 28 November 1959.^[1]