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Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (Indonesian: [baxaˈrudːin ˈjusuf haˈbibi] ⓘ; 25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian politician, engineer and scientist who served as the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999.
B. J. Habibie (1936–2019) 21 May 1998: 20 October 1999 — 1 year, 152 days Golkar: Vacant: First, and to date the only, president (aside from acting presidents) who was born outside of Java. First vice president to become president. Took power following Suharto's resignation. Oversaw Indonesia's democratic transition.
B. J. Habibie (1936–2019) 11 March 1998 21 May 1998 [d] 71 days 1998: Golkar: Vacant (21 May 1998 – 20 October 1999) B. J. Habibie: 8 Megawati Sukarnoputri (born 1947) 21 October 1999: 23 July 2001 [e] 1 year, 275 days 1999: PDI-P: Abdurrahman Wahid: Vacant (23–26 July 2001) [e] Megawati Sukarnoputri: 9 Hamzah Haz (1940–2024) 26 July ...
The following 17 pages use this file: 1936; 2019 in Indonesia; B. J. Habibie; Development Reform Cabinet; East Timor (province) List of Arab Indonesians
Habibie was successful in giving the governor of the central bank independent authority, although he would continue to retain control of the attorney general. Another reformist step taken was the inclusion of United Development Party member and future chairman Hamzah Haz instead of keeping the cabinet exclusive to Golkar and members of the ...
An independence referendum was held in East Timor on 30 August 1999, organised by United Nations Mission in East Timor.The referendum's origins lay with the request made by the President of Indonesia, B. J. Habibie, to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 27 January 1999, for the United Nations to hold a referendum, whereby East Timor would be given choice of either greater ...
In May 1999, the Habibie administration passed the Regional Autonomy Law, [9] which was the first step in decentralising Indonesia's government and allowing provinces to have more part in governing their areas. The press became liberated under Habibie, although the Ministry of Information continued to exist.
Suharto's VP and successor, B. J. Habibie, was on his left. The 1997 Asian financial crisis began in July 1997, in Thailand, and spread into Indonesia as foreign speculative investors pulled out their investments, sucking U.S. dollar liquidity in Indonesia and causing severe depreciation of the Indonesian rupiah. In the private sector, many ...