Ario Soerjo

Raden Mas Tumenggung
Ario Soerjo
Ario Soerjo
Chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council
In office
April 1948  10 November 1948
PresidentSukarno
Preceded byWiranatakusumah V
Succeeded bySoetardjo Kartohadikusumo
1st Governor of East Java
In office
1945–1947
PresidentSukarno
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMoerdjani
Personal details
Born(1898-07-09)9 July 1898
Magetan, Dutch East Indies
DiedNovember 10, 1948(1948-11-10) (aged 50)
Bago, Ngawi, Indonesia
SpouseRaden Ayu Mustapeni

Raden Mas Tumenggung Ario Soerjo (EYD: Ario Suryo) (9 July 1898–10 November 1948) is now regarded as a National Hero of Indonesia. Soerjo and two policemen were captured by pro-communist (PKI) troop at Walikukun, Widodaren, Ngawi on 9 November 1948, and their dead bodies were found afterwards.