Tan Malaka

Japanese: タン･マラカ（英語表記）Tan Malaka

1897‐1949
Indonesian thinker and revolutionary. Born into a devout Muslim family in West Sumatra, he studied in the Netherlands in 1913. During his stay, he was exposed to World War I and the Russian Revolution, which deepened his inclination towards socialism and his goal of liberating his homeland. After returning to Indonesia, he worked as a teacher before joining the Indonesian Communist Party, and in 1921 he became its chairman and led the anti-colonial struggle, but was expelled the following year. From then until his return to Indonesia in 1942, he worked in the Soviet Union, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and other countries, first as a Comintern agent, and in 1927 he founded the Indonesian Republic Party to replace the Communist Party, which had been destroyed in an armed uprising, and ran its own movement.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1897‐1949
インドネシアの思想家，革命家。西スマトラの敬虔なイスラム教徒の家に生まれ，1913年オランダに留学。滞在中，第1次世界大戦とロシア革命に触れて社会主義への傾斜を深め，祖国解放を目指す。帰国後，教員生活を経てインドネシア共産党に入党，21年同党議長に就任し反植民地闘争を指導したが，翌年追放。以後42年に帰国するまで，ソ連，中国，フィリピン，タイ，シンガポールなどで，初めはコミンテルンの工作員として活動し，27年には武装蜂起で壊滅した共産党に代わるインドネシア共和国党を設立し独自の運動を行った。

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