Aidit - Aidit (English spelling) Dipa Nusantara Aidit

Indonesian politician and communist party leader. Born in Medan, North Sumatra. Joined the Young Asian League in 1939, and joined the illegal Communist Party under Japanese military rule in 1943. After the declaration of independence, he became a central committee member of the party at the age of 24 in 1947. The following year, in 1948, he worked to rebuild the party, which had been destroyed by the failure of the Madiun incident, and became secretary of the party central committee in 1951 and secretary general in 1953. He expanded the party's influence with a flexible national united front policy, and in the first general election in 1955, he made the Communist Party one of the four major parties. After that, while sympathizing with President Sukarno, he promoted the radicalization of the party's policy both inside and outside Indonesia, and came into conflict with the anti-communist military and Islamic parties. He became a victim of the "Red Scare" following the failure of the left-wing uprising "September 30th Incident" in 1965, and was shot dead by the military.

[Yoneji Kuroyanagi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

インドネシアの政治家、共産党指導者。北スマトラのメダンに生まれる。1939年青年アジア連盟に加入、1943年日本軍政下に非合法共産党に入党。独立宣言後の1947年24歳で党中央委員。翌1948年のマディウン事件の挫折(ざせつ)で壊滅した党の再建に努め、1951年党中央委員会書記、1953年には書記長に就任。柔軟な民族統一戦線路線で党勢を拡大し、1955年の第1回総選挙で共産党を四大政党の一角につかせた。その後スカルノ大統領に同調しつつインドネシア内外路線の急進化を促進し、反共軍部、イスラム政党と対立した。1965年の左派蜂起(ほうき)「九・三〇事件」失敗後の「赤狩り」の犠牲となり、軍部に射殺された。

［黒柳米司］

出典　小学館　日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について　情報 | 凡例