Suharto, as commander of Kodam IV/Diponegoro, c. 1957
Born
(1921-06-08)8 June 1921 Kemusuk, Dutch East Indies
Died
27 January 2008(2008-01-27) (aged 86) Jakarta, Indonesia
Allegiance
Dutch East Indies
Empire of Japan
Indonesia
Service/branch
KNIL (1940–42) PETA (1942–45) Indonesian Army (1945–74)
Years of service
1940—1974
Rank
General of the Army
Unit
Kostrad
Commands held
Kodam IV/Diponegoro Kostrad Indonesian Army Indonesian National Armed Forces
Battles/wars
Indonesian National Revolution
Operation Product
Madiun Affair
Operation Kraai
March general offensive
Makassar Uprising
Darul Islam Rebellion West New Guinea dispute Operation Trikora Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
Other work
President of Indonesia (1967–1998)
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Suharto
2nd President of Indonesia
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Petition of Fifty
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Occupation
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Santa Cruz massacre
ASEAN
Downfall
Background
27 July 1996 incident
Asian financial crisis
Trisakti shootings
May 1998 riots
Resignation
Post-presidency
Corruption charges
Illness and death
Family
Siti Hartinah (wife and first lady)
Children
Tutut
Sigit
Bambang
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Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was the second President of Indonesia, having held the office for 31 years from 1967 following Sukarno's removal until his resignation in 1998.
Suharto was born in a small village, Kemusuk, in the Godean area near Yogyakarta, during the Dutch colonial era.[1] He grew up in humble circumstances.[2] His Javanese Muslim parents divorced not long after his birth, and he was passed between foster parents for much of his childhood. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Suharto served in Japanese-organised Indonesian security forces. Indonesia's independence struggle saw him joining the newly formed Indonesian army. Suharto rose to the rank of major general following Indonesian independence.
^Soeharto, as related to G. Dwipayana and Ramadhan K.H. (1989), Soeharto: Pikiran, ucapan dan tindakan saya: otobiographi (Soeharto: My thoughts, words and deeds: an autobiography), PT Citra Lamtoro Gung Persada, Jakarta. ISBN 979-8085-01-9.
^See the details in Chapter 2, 'Akar saya dari desa' (My village roots), in Soeharto, op. cit.
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