Suharto[b][c] (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian military officer and politician, who served as the second and longest serving President of Indonesia. Suharto's presidency and legacy is highly divisive.

Jan 23, 2025 · Suharto (born June 8, 1921, Kemusu Argamulja, Java, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia]—died Jan. 27, 2008, Jakarta, Indon.) was an army officer and political leader who was president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998.

Suharto (June 8, 1921 - January 27, 2008 [1]) was an Indonesian military general, political leader, and second President of Indonesia. He is the longest serving President of Indonesia (from 1967 to 1998).

Suharto, also spelled Soeharto (June 8, 1921 – January 27, 2008) was an Indonesian military leader, and from 1967 to 1998 the second President of Indonesia. After briefly working as a bank clerk, Suharto joined the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army in 1940.

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.

Jan 28, 2008 · The former president of Indonesia, Suharto, passed away after several weeks in critical condition following multiple organ failure.

Aug 20, 2021 · 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.

Suharto was an Indonesian military officer and the second President of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto led...

Official portrait of Suharto and First Lady Siti Hartinah. Suharto was born on 8 June 1921 during the Dutch East Indies era, in a plaited bamboo walled house in the hamlet of Kemusuk, a part of the larger village of Godean.The village is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of Yogyakarta, the cultural heartland of the Javanese. [3] Born to ethnic Javanese parents of peasant class, he was the …

Jan 20, 2025 · Indonesia - Coup, Reforms, Suharto: In the early hours of Oct. 1, 1965, a group of army conspirators calling itself the September 30th Movement kidnapped and murdered six army generals. A seventh, Nasution, escaped.