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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 ...
Habibie had known Hasri Ainun in childhood, junior high school and in senior high school at SMA Kristen Dago (Dago Christian Senior High School), Bandung. The two married on 12 May 1962, returning to Germany shortly afterwards. [21] Habibie and his wife settled in Aachen for a short period before moving to Oberforstbach. In May 1963 they had a ...
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 ...
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.
The presidency looked set to be contested by Megawati and the then incumbent B. J. Habibie of Golkar who was looking for a second term. However, MPR chairman Amien Rais had other ideas as he formed a coalition called the Central Axis which consisted of Muslim parties. Amien also announced that he would like to nominate Wahid as president.
Junus Effendi Habibie (11 June 1937 – 12 March 2012) also known as Fanny Habibie [1] was an Indonesian diplomat and younger brother of the third Indonesian President, B. J. Habibie. Habibie was born in Parepare as the fifth of eight children. In 1961 he graduated from the Naval Academy in Surabaya.
The Bank Bali scandal occurred in Indonesia in 1999 when Golkar Party officials colluded with the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to coerce Bank Bali chief Rudy Ramli to pay an illegal commission of Rp546 billion (then equivalent to about US$80 million) to private company Era Giat Prima in order to collect Rp904.6 billion owed by two banks taken over by IBRA.
The bridge has a superstructure 78 m (256 ft) long, is 11.5 m (38 ft) wide, and has two lanes. It is part of a section of roadway 540 m (1,770 ft) long and 8 m (26 ft) wide between the sucos of Bidau Lecidere [] in the west and Bidau Santana in the east; that section also includes a short bridge over the Bidau River [], which flows into the Bay of Dili immediately to the west of the Claran River.