Widjojo Soejono

Widjojo Soejono (9 May 1928 – 11 May 2022) was a four-star rank general in the Indonesian Army and the former Commander of Puspasus (now Kopassus) from 1967 to 1970.

[1] Widjojo Soejono left school at the age of 17 to take part in the training of Defender of the Homeland Voluntary Army Officers (PETA) in Bogor in early 1945.

After the disbandment of PETA two days after the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, he joined his senior Soehardjo to form the People's Security Agency (BKR) at Hogere Burgerschool Straat which, now Jalan Wijaya Kusuma, Surabaya, units which later became TNI Regiment 33, Division VI/Narotama.

[3] He married Siti Mastoechajah and had five children: Enny Lukitaning Diah, Wedhia Purwaningsih, Ariyati Sihwarini, Hardini Surjaningsih, and Budhi Soejono.

[4] Widjojo Soejono, died on 11 May 2022, aged 94, at Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital due to an unspecified cause and Soejono was buried with military honours at Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery, South Jakarta on May 11, 2022, at 13.30 WIB.