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Suharto (/ s uː ˈ h ɑːr t oʊ / soo-HAR-toh, Indonesian: ⓘ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian military officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving President of Indonesia.
Jun 4, 2024 · Suharto was an army officer and political leader who was president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998. His three decades of uninterrupted rule gave Indonesia much-needed political stability and sustained economic growth, but his authoritarian regime finally fell victim to an economic downturn and its.
Jan 28, 2008 · Suharto of Indonesia, whose 32-year dictatorship was one of the most brutal and corrupt of the 20th century, died Sunday in Jakarta. He was 86. He had been admitted to a Jakarta hospital on Jan....
In a political compromise with the powerful military, Suharto banned its members from voting in elections but set aside seats in the legislature for their representatives. Suharto was unopposed in every election in which he stood (being 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, and 1998).
Suharto, (born June 8, 1921, Kemusu Argamulja, Java, Dutch East Indies), Second president of Indonesia (1967–98). Suharto initially served in the Dutch colonial army, but after the Japanese conquest (1942) he joined a Japanese-sponsored defense corps.
May 21, 1998 · President Suharto apologized for his mistakes and resigned today after 32 years in power, handing over his office to his Vice President, B. J. Habibie, in a nationally televised ceremony.
Jan 28, 2008 · Q. Suharto, the President of Indonesia from 1968 to 1998 died on January 27 at the age of 86. Was Suharto himself responsible for rapid economic growth during his 30 years in power? Where does...
After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a politicide.
Jan 27, 2008 · Former Indonesian President Suharto, a Cold War ally of the United States whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents, died Sunday.
Jan 27, 2008 · Suharto ruled Indonesia for more than three decades, before being ousted on a wave of popular discontent in 1998. Under his presidency, investment from the West was encouraged and Indonesia...
