About
Former commander of the Indonesian Army under President Sukarno in the 1960s. He was killed by members of the 30 September Movement during an attempt to kidnap him from his house.
Before Fame
In 1940, he left high school for compulsory military service in the Army of the Dutch East Indies colonial government. He initially trained to be a navy seaman. He studied military topography in Malang, East Java until the arrival of the invading Japanese in 1942. After Independence, he joined the army of the fledgling republic and fought against the Dutch.
Trivia
In December 1955, he left for the United States to study at the Command and General staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Today, many Indonesian cities have roads named after him, plus Semarang's Ahmad Yani International Airport.
Family Life
He was born in Jenar, Purworejo, Dutch East Indies to the Wongsoredjo family, a family that worked at a sugar factory run by a Dutch owner.
Associated With
It was suspected that President Sukarno was behind Yani's death and the 30 September Movement. By 1967, Sukarno had been ousted and Suharto had taken over.
