Presiden soeharto biography

Suharto (February 20, 1921 - January 27, 2008^[1]) was an Indonesian military, political leader, and second President of Indonesia. He served as president from 1967 to 1998. His presidency ended in 1998 amid mass protests, leading to his resignation.

Political power

Suharto rose to power after a failed coup by the Indonesian Communist Party that killed six generals in the Indonesian Army. The first president of Indonesia, Sukarno, was seen by both the people and political elites as and wanted him to step down. Soeharto was appointed as President by the Indonesian Parliament in 1967. Suharto ruled over Indonesia for three decades with a strong central government. His time as president was known as "Orde Baru" period. As he took an anti-communist position, many Western governments supported him both in economic and political matters.^[2][3]

After mass demonstrations in 1998, Soeharto was forced to resign. Suharto had been the face of Indonesia for over 30 years. His legacy remains hotly debated and contested both in Indonesia and abroad.

Death

Suharto was admitted to hospital on January 4; on 23 January, Suharto's health worsened further, as a sepsis infection spread through his

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Abstract

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URI

http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33621

Keywords

politics good turn government; australia; history; soeharto; economic condtions; B. J. Habibie; Democracy; Indonesia; Suharto

DOI

10.26530/OAPEN_459541

OCN

632186466

Publisher

ANU Press

Publisher website

https://press.anu.edu.au/

Publication date alight place

Canberra, 2010

Series

Asian Studies Stack Monograph, 2

Classification

Politics and government

Pages

224

Public remark

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Suharto: The giant of modern Indonesia who left a legacy of violence and corruption

Suharto was the giant of modern Indonesia.

For many Indonesians, his resignation in 1998 after 32 years in power is still a watershed moment. Much that has happened since has been a reaction against his rule, or an attempt to recreate it.

Despite his death in 2008, aged 86, the legacy of Suharto's authoritarian "New Order" regime continues to shape his country profoundly, for better and, often, for worse.

Bamboo hut beginnings

Suharto's rise to become the billionaire autocrat of the world's fourth-most populous country would have seemed very unlikely in his childhood.

Born in 1921 in a bamboo hut in the Dutch East Indies, he had 11 half-brothers and sisters. He joined the Dutch colonial army in 1940 because he tore his only set of clothes and had to quit his clerical job.

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