Musso

Manowar Musso (also: Manovar Muso; born August 12, 1898 in Kediri, † October 31, 1948 in Madiun ) was an Indonesian communist politician.

Life

Musso was born into a peasant family. He entered Islam in 1919, the Sarekat. In connection with a peasant revolt on Java in 1920, he was arrested and sentenced to three years of forced labor. 1923, Musso of the Communist Party of Indonesia ( Partai Komunis Indonesia, PKI). From 1923 to 1925 he was a member of the Central Committee of the PKI and led the Union of Postal Workers.

From 1925 to 1935, Musso was in exile, including the Soviet Union, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. From 1928 he was a member of both the Executive Committee of the Comintern and the pro tern. In April 1935 Musso returned illegally to Indonesia and tried to build up the party again, but had to flee again in 1936 in the Soviet Union. 1938/39, he lived in exile in Belgium, from 1939 to 1941 he was held in an internment camp in France.

In 1948 he returned to Indonesia. In September 1948 he was elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the PKI. During the Madiun Events 1948 Musso was killed by the military.

Works

• Индонезия - Колония голландского империализма (Indonesia - colony of Dutch imperialism ). Moscow 1931.