Try Sutrisno
| Try Sutrisno | |
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| 6th Vice President of Indonesia | |
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In office 11 March 1993 – 10 March 1998 |
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| President | Suharto |
| Preceded by | Sudharmono |
| Succeeded by | Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 November 1935 Surabaya, East Java, Dutch East Indies |
| Political party | Golkar |
| Spouse(s) | Tuti Sutiawati |
| Profession | Military (retired) |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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| Allegiance |
 Indonesia
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| Service/branch |
 Indonesian Army
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| Years of service | 1959–1993 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands | Kodam Udayana Kodam Sriwijaya Kodam Jaya The Indonesian National Armed Forces |
| Battles/wars |
PRRI Rebellion Insurgency in East Timor Insurgency in Aceh |
Try Sutrisno Malay pronunciation: [tri sutrisnɔ] (born Surabaya, East Java 15 November 1935) was Indonesia's sixth vice president from 1993 to 1998.
Try Sutrisno was born on 15 November 1935 in Surabaya, East Java. His father Subandi was an ambulance driver, and his mother Mardiyah was a housewife. After the Indonesian Proclamation of Independence, the Dutch returned to claim back Indonesia as their colony. Try and his family moved out of Surabaya to Mojokerto. His father worked as a medical officer for the Poncowati Army Battalion, forcing Try to stop his schooling and find a living as a cigarette and newspaper seller.
Aged just 13, Try wanted to join the Poncowati Battalion and fight but no one took him seriously and he ended up being employed as a courier instead. Try's duty was to find information to areas occupied by the Dutch Army as well as retrieving medicine for the Indonesian Army. Finally in 1949, the Dutch retreated and recognized Indonesia's Independence. Try and his family then returned to Surabaya where he completed his education in 1956.
After graduating from High School, Try wanted to enlist in ATEKAD (Army Technical Academy). He participated and passed in an entrance examination, before failing the physical examination. Despite this, Major General GPH Djatikusumo took interest of Try and summoned him back. Try participated in a psychological examination in Bandung, West Java and he was now accepted into ATEKAD.
Try's first Military experience was in 1957, when he fought against the PRRI Rebellion. The PRRI Rebellion was a group of separatists in Sumatra wishing to establish an alternative Government to that of President Sukarno's. Try completed his military education in 1959, when he graduated from ATEKAD.
Try's early experience in ABRI included stints in Sumatra, Jakarta, and East Java. In 1972, Try was sent to the Army Staff College (Seskoad). In 1974, Try was chosen to be President Suharto's adjutant. Suharto took a liking to Try and from then on, Try's Military Career would skyrocket.
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