March 3, 2026
JAKARTA – Indonesia bade farewell to the country’s sixth vice president and retired Army general Try Sutrisno, who died in Jakarta on Monday at the age of 90, leaving behind a decades-long record of service in the military and in state office.
Try, who served as vice president from 1993 to 1998 under then-president Soeharto, died at Gatot Soebroto Army Central Hospital (RSPAD) in Central Jakarta at around 7 a.m. on Monday, his family said in a text message, Antara reported.
A wake was held at his residence in Menteng, Central Jakarta, ahead of his burial at the Kalibata National Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta.
Born in 1935 in Surabaya, East Java, Try grew up during…