Eddy Martadinata

Admiral Raden Eddy Martadinata was an Indonesian Navy admiral and diplomat. He was conferred the title of National Hero of Indonesia posthumously in 1966. He is recognised as one of the founders of the Indonesian Navy.

Martadinata was born in Bandung, West Java, onMarch 1921. His father was Raden Ruhiyat Martadinata and his mother was Nyi Raden Suhaemi. He completed his education through senior high school, first in Bandung then in Batavia . After graduating high school he enrolled in a Dutchrun school for sailors in 1941, but following the Japanese occupation the following year the school was closed. He later continued, under Japanese tutelage, and by 1944 was working as an assistant teacher.

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