Obituary: Ruslan Abdulgani, Nonaligned Movement organizer, 91
JAKARTA — Ruslan Abdulgani, a former Indonesian foreign minister who organized the first summit meeting of the Nonaligned Movement in 1955, died Tuesday from the effects of a stroke, media reports said. He was 91.
After fighting in Indonesia's war of independence with the Netherlands from 1945 to 1949, Abdulgani joined the Foreign Ministry and was asked by then-President Sukarno to organize a gathering of 29 newly independent countries from Asia and Africa.
The goals of the 1955 Bandung Conference were to promote economic and cultural cooperation between the new countries, as well as to oppose colonialism by the major powers.
The meeting grew into the Nonaligned Movement, which tried to steer a neutral course between the Eastern and Western blocs during the Cold War. It currently has more than 100 members, although its relevance has declined since the end of the Cold War.
Abdulgani was later named foreign minister and served as a presidential foreign policy adviser.
JAKARTA — Ruslan Abdulgani, a former Indonesian foreign minister who organized the first summit meeting of the Nonaligned Movement in 1955, died Tuesday from the effects of a stroke, media reports said. He was 91.
After fighting in Indonesia's war of independence with the Netherlands from 1945 to 1949, Abdulgani joined the Foreign Ministry and was asked by then-President Sukarno to organize a gathering of 29 newly independent countries from Asia and Africa.
The goals of the 1955 Bandung Conference were to promote economic and cultural cooperation between the new countries, as well as to oppose colonialism by the major powers.
The meeting grew into the Nonaligned Movement, which tried to steer a neutral course between the Eastern and Western blocs during the Cold War. It currently has more than 100 members, although its relevance has declined since the end of the Cold War.
Abdulgani was later named foreign minister and served as a presidential foreign policy adviser.
Obituary: Ruslan Abdulgani, Nonaligned Movement organizer, 91
JAKARTA — Ruslan Abdulgani, a former Indonesian foreign minister who organized the first summit meeting of the Nonaligned Movement in 1955, died Tuesday from the effects of a stroke, media reports said. He was 91.
After fighting in Indonesia's war of independence with the Netherlands from 1945 to 1949, Abdulgani joined the Foreign Ministry and was asked by then-President Sukarno to organize a gathering of 29 newly independent countries from Asia and Africa.
The goals of the 1955 Bandung Conference were to promote economic and cultural cooperation between the new countries, as well as to oppose colonialism by the major powers.
The meeting grew into the Nonaligned Movement, which tried to steer a neutral course between the Eastern and Western blocs during the Cold War. It currently has more than 100 members, although its relevance has declined since the end of the Cold War.
Abdulgani was later named foreign minister and served as a presidential foreign policy adviser.
JAKARTA — Ruslan Abdulgani, a former Indonesian foreign minister who organized the first summit meeting of the Nonaligned Movement in 1955, died Tuesday from the effects of a stroke, media reports said. He was 91.
After fighting in Indonesia's war of independence with the Netherlands from 1945 to 1949, Abdulgani joined the Foreign Ministry and was asked by then-President Sukarno to organize a gathering of 29 newly independent countries from Asia and Africa.
The goals of the 1955 Bandung Conference were to promote economic and cultural cooperation between the new countries, as well as to oppose colonialism by the major powers.
The meeting grew into the Nonaligned Movement, which tried to steer a neutral course between the Eastern and Western blocs during the Cold War. It currently has more than 100 members, although its relevance has declined since the end of the Cold War.
Abdulgani was later named foreign minister and served as a presidential foreign policy adviser.
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