Alimin

{{Short description|National Hero of Indonesia}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alimin

| image = Alimin a2092aa.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| alt =

| caption =

| office = General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Indonesia

| term_start = 1926

| term_end = January 1951

| alongside =

| predecessor =

| successor = D. N. Aidit

| birth_name = Alimin bin Prawirodirdjo

| birth_date = 1889

| birth_place = Surakarta, Dutch East Indies

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|06|26|1889|df=y}}

| death_cause =

| death_place = Jakarta, Indonesia

| party = Insulinde
PKI

| parents =

| spouse = Hajjah Mariah

| education =

| children = 2

| signature =

}}

Alimin bin Prawirodirdjo (1889 – 26 June 1964)[http://www.tokohindonesia.com/biografi/article/295-pahlawan/1172-utamakan-persatuan-dan-dialog Utamakan Persatuan dan Dialog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117052958/http://www.tokohindonesia.com/biografi/article/295-pahlawan/1172-utamakan-persatuan-dan-dialog |date=17 January 2011 }}, 2002–2010 Situs TokohIndonesia, 2 October 2010. Diakses 2 February 2011 was an Indonesian independence movement figure and also Indonesian communist.

Since he was a teenager Alimin was active on national movements. He was a member of Budi Utomo, Sarekat Islam, Insulinde, before he joined with the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) and eventually he became leader of the organization. He was also founder of Sarekat Buruh Pelabuhan (formerly called Sarekat Pegawai Pelabuhan dan Lautan).

In early 1926, as the leader of the PKI, Alimin went to Singapore to negotiate with Tan Malaka in order to prepare rebellion. But, before Alimin went home, the rebellion broke out on 12 November 1926. Alimin and Musso were arrested by British colonial police.