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Suharto [b] [c] (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian military officer and the second president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto led Indonesia as an authoritarian regime from 1967 until his resignation in 1998 following nationwide unrest .
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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
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 .
Prabowo has always denied the allegations that led to his dismissal from the military in 1998, the same year Indonesia broke free from the decades-long authoritarian rule of former President Suharto.
By February 1967, President Sukarno, realizing that his political career was at an end, became concerned at cutting his losses. On 7 February, he sent a letter to Suharto saying that he was willing to hand over the running of the government to the general but also added that he would like to continue on as head of state. [ 1 ]
Joko Widodo’s phenomenal rise from a riverside slum, where he grew up, to the presidency of Indonesia spotlighted how far the world’s third-largest democracy had veered from a brutal ...
His resigned himself 3 days before the President Sukarno's 1959 Decree and the transition to the Guided Democracy government, making him as the "shortest-serving president in Indonesia's history". Suharto served as Indonesia's acting president from 1967 to 1968 before he was sworn in as president by the parliament in 1968.