Des Alwi
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Des Alwi Abubakar (November 17, 1927 – November 12, 2010) was an Indonesian historian, diplomat, writer and advocate of the Banda Islands. He was the adopted son of Mohammad Hatta, the first Vice President of Indonesia, whom he called "Oom Kacamata" ("Uncle Eyeglasses").[1]
Alwi was born on November 17, 1927, on Banda Neira, the most populous of the Banda Islands in the Moluccas.[1] He first met Mohammad Hatta, as well as Indonesian intellectual Sutan Sjahrir, while Hatta was in internal exile on Banda Neira. Hatta adopted Alwi as his son.[1]
As a teenager he participated in the battle for Surabaya, East Java in 1945.[2]
