Soetomo

Soetomo
Portrait of Soetomo
Portrait, date unknown
Chairman of the
Great Indonesia Party
In office
24 December 1935 – 30 May 1938
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byWoerjaningrat
Personal details
Born
Soebroto

(1888-07-30)30 July 1888
Ngepeh, Loceret, Kediri Residency, Dutch East Indies
Died30 May 1938(1938-05-30) (aged 49)
Surabaya, Dutch East Indies
Political partyGreat Indonesia Party
Spouse
Everdina Broering
(m. 1917; died 1934)
Alma materAmsterdam University
Occupation
  • Physician
  • professor

Soetomo (born Soebroto; 30 July 1888 – 30 May 1938) was an Indonesian physician and nationalist. He was the co-founder of Boedi Oetomo, the first native political society in the Dutch East Indies, and led the Great Indonesia Party (Parindra) from 1935 until his death. Soetomo was declared a national hero by President Sukarno in 1961.