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As an officer in the Indonesian Army (1940–1974), and then as president of Indonesia (1967–1998), he received several civilian and military Star Decorations from Indonesia, namely: [145] Star of the Republic of Indonesia , 1st Class ( Indonesian : Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna ) [ 146 ] [ 147 ]
On 12 March 1967, the MPRS agreed to withdraw its mandate from Sukarno and remove him as president. Suharto replaced Sukarno as acting president until 27 March 1968, when he was formally elected as the second president of Indonesia. 2 27 March 1968: 23 March 1973 1968: 30 years, 55 days Golkar (supported by the military) Vacant: 23 March 1973
On 12 March 1967, the MPRS agreed to withdraw its mandate from Sukarno and remove him as president. [4] Suharto was appointed acting president to replace Sukarno. He was officially elected by the MPRS on 27 March 1968 to a full five-year term, becoming the second president of Indonesia.
Sukarno [d] [e] (6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) [5] was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of the Indonesian struggle for independence from the Dutch colonialists .
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As acting president, Suharto had already begun to take steps to show that he wanted to adopt family planning as government policy on a national scale, having originally been adopted by Jakarta governor Ali Sadikin. In 1967, he signed the UN Declaration on Population and had already taken steps to implement family planning.