Indonesian general and politician

Wiranto

Wiranto is an Indonesian politician and retired army general, who was the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council, from December 2019 to October 2024. Previously, he was the Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces from February 1998 to October 1999 during Indonesia's transition from authoritarian rule to democracy. He ran unsuccessfully for President of Indonesia in 2004 and for the vice-presidency in 2009. On 27 July 2016, Wiranto was appointed Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, replacing Luhut Binsar Panjaitan.

Born

1947

April 4

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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1947 Born

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-503 Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
190 Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
611 Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.
619 The Bijapur-Mumbai inscription is issued by Pulakeshin II, describing the Battle of Narmada.: 207

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The world in 1947

When Wiranto arrived

april 1 The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
april 15 Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
april 16 An explosion on board a freighter in port causes Texas City in the state of Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.
april 16 Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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Đặng Thân 1964– Vietnamese writer and poet Barry Pepper 1970– Canadian actor and producer Bea Benaderet 1906–1968 Turkish-Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress (died 1968) Caracalla 188–217 Roman emperor (died 217) Craig T. Nelson 1944– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Hugo Weaving 1960– Nigerian-Australian actor and producer Magda Aelvoet 1944– Belgian politician Makhanlal Chaturvedi 1889–1968 Indian journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1968) Mary Colter 1869–1958 American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (died 1958)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger 1947– Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California Alain Bashung 1947– French singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009) Albert Brooks 1947– American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Andrea Martin 1947– American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter Ángel Nieto 1947– Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2017) Angry Anderson 1947– Australian singer and actor Anton Mosimann 1947– Swiss chef and author Assata Shakur 1947– American-Cuban criminal and activist (died 2025) Barry Melton 1947– American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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