Ernest Douwes Dekker

Ernest Douwes Dekker
Portrait, c. 1940s
Born
Ernest François Eugène Douwes Dekker

(1879-10-08)October 8, 1879
Pasoeroean, Residency of Malang, Dutch East Indies (now Pasuruan, Indonesia)
DiedAugust 28, 1950(1950-08-28) (aged 70)
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
OccupationsPolitician
Writer
Spouse(s)Clara Charlotte Deije
Johanna Petronella Mossel
Haroemi Wanasita (Nelly Kruymel)

Ernest François Eugène Douwes Dekker (8 October 1879 – 28 August 1950), also known as Danudirja Setiabudi after Indonesian independence, was an Indonesian-Dutch nationalist and politician of Indo descent. He was related to the famous Dutch anti-colonialism writer Eduard Douwes Dekker. In his youth, he fought in the Second Boer War in South Africa on the Boer side. His thoughts were highly influential in the early years of the Indonesian freedom movement.

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