Sukarno
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Sukarno was an Indonesian statesman, activist, and revolutionary who served as the first president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967.
Official portrait, c. 1949
Sukarno as a HBS student in Surabaya, 1916
Sukarno with fellow defendants and attorneys during his trial in Bandung, 1930
Sukarno at his home in exile, Bengkulu
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.
Sukarno
…the events of the 30 September Movement, a coup attempt allegedly orchestrated by senior leaders in the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), General Suharto assumed control of the government in a military takeover. This was accompanied by a large-scale anti-communist purge backed by Western intelligence…
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