11 Facts About Soekotjo Sastrodinoto

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto was an Indonesian military officer and politician.

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto was a brigadier general in the Indonesian Army, having served since the Indonesian National Revolution.

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto was the mayor of Surabaya, East Java, between 1965 and 1974.

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto studied at the colonial schools Hollandsch-Inlandsche School, MULO, and finally at an Algemene Middelbare School prior to the outbreak of the Pacific War and the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies.

Poeze wrote that Soekotjo Sastrodinoto ordered Tan Malaka's execution by one of his men, Suradi Tekebek, on 21 February 1949, and buried his body in a grave in the middle of a forest.

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto was appointed as acting mayor of the city on 4 November 1965, and was later officially appointed as full mayor on 14 September 1967.

The purges against the Indonesian Communist Party occurred during his early tenure, and Soekotjo Sastrodinoto enforced new residency requirements while purging PKI members in neighborhood associations in his first months in office.

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto further ordered the clearance of squatters in the city's roads and riverbanks, with the squatter neighborhoods being seen as communist strongholds and potential hiding locations.

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto held the rank of brigadier general at the time of his retirement.

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto was married to Siti Suprapti Soekotjo, and the couple had five children.

Soekotjo Sastrodinoto died on 16 December 1992, and was buried at the Surabaya's 10 November Heroes' Cemetery.