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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.
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
From October 1965 to March 1966, a series of large-scale killings and civil unrest primarily targeting members and supposed sympathizers of the Communist Party of Indonesia took place in Indonesia. Ot
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…independence was achieved. An attempted coup on 30 September and 1 October 1965 was countered by Suharto-led troops. The army subsequently led a nationwide violent anti-communist purge. In March 1967, the MPRS appointed Suharto as acting president, and he was appointed president the following year. When Suharto came to power, inflation…
Sukarno with Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito during a 1958–59 state visit. Tito would become the founding chair of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961.
Major General Suharto (at right, foreground) attends a funeral for generals assassinated on 5 October 1965
A certificate of gratitude from the Regent of Sleman for financial donations to the elimination of the PKI
Military parade on 12 March, the day after Supersemar