Lolo Soetoro also known as Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo or Mangundikardjo, (new spelling: Lolo Sutoro) (pronounced /ˈlɒlɒ suːˈtɒrɒː/) (ca. 1935- 2 March 1987) was the Indonesian stepfather of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America.
Born in Bandung, Soetoro was the ninth of ten children of Martodihardjo, who was from Yogyakarta. Soetoro's father and eldest brother were killed during the Indonesian National Revolution, when In...
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Lolo Soetoro also known as Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo or Mangundikardjo, (new spelling: Lolo Sutoro) (pronounced /ˈlɒlɒ suːˈtɒrɒː/) (ca. 1935- 2 March 1987) was the Indonesian stepfather of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America.
Born in Bandung, Soetoro was the ninth of ten children of Martodihardjo, who was from Yogyakarta. Soetoro's father and eldest brother were killed during the Indonesian National Revolution, when Indonesia won independence from the Dutch, and the Dutch army burned the family's home. Soetoro fled with his mother to the countryside.
Soetoro earned his bachelor's degree in Geography from Gajah Mada University, Yogyakarta. He later obtained a scholarship to study for a master's degree at the University of Hawaii, where he met Barack Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, also a student. Soetoro and Dunham married, and Soetoro returned to Indonesia when the government called home its citizens who were studying abroad. A year later, Dunham and six-year...
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