1997 Asian financial crisis
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The 1997 Asian financial crisis gripped much of East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effec
Rioters in Jakarta, during the May 1998 riots of Indonesia
Fall of Suharto: President Suharto resigns, 21 May 1998.
Suharto
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Suharto was an Indonesian general and politician who served as the second and longest-serving president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998.
1997 Asian financial crisis
…the efforts to stem a global economic crisis did little to stabilize the domestic situation in Indonesia. After 31 years in power, Indonesian dictator Suharto was forced to step down on 21 May 1998 in the wake of widespread rioting that followed sharp price increases caused by a drastic devaluation of the…
Official portrait, 1993
Sukirah, Suharto's mother. Painting from the collection of National Library of Indonesia.
Lieutenant Colonel Suharto, c. 1947
Portrait of Suharto and Siti Hartinah, date unknown