Suharto | |
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| Born | 8 June 1921 Kemusuk, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 27 January 2008 (aged 86) Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Service |  KNIL(1940–42)  PETA(1942–45)  Indonesian Army(1945–74) |
| Years of service | 1940—1974 |
| Rank |  General of the Army |
| Unit | Kostrad |
| Commands | Kodam IV/Diponegoro Kostrad Indonesian Army Indonesian National Armed Forces |
| Battles / wars | Darul Islam Rebellion West New Guinea dispute Operation Trikora Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 |
| Other work | President of Indonesia (1967–1998) |
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Pre-Presidency Domestic policy Foreign policy Post-presidency Family
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Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was the second President of Indonesia, having held the office for 31 years from 1967 following Sukarno's removal until his resignation in 1998.
Suharto was born in a small village, Kemusuk, in the Godean area near Yogyakarta, during the Dutch colonial era.[1] He grew up in humble circumstances.[2] His Javanese Muslim parents divorced not long after his birth, and he was passed between foster parents for much of his childhood. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Suharto served in Japanese-organised Indonesian security forces. Indonesia's independence struggle saw him joining the newly formed Indonesian army. Suharto rose to the rank of major general following Indonesian independence.
- ^ Soeharto, as related to G. Dwipayana and Ramadhan K.H. (1989), Soeharto: Pikiran, ucapan dan tindakan saya: otobiographi (Soeharto: My thoughts, words and deeds: an autobiography), PT Citra Lamtoro Gung Persada, Jakarta. ISBN 979-8085-01-9.
- ^ See the details in Chapter 2, 'Akar saya dari desa' (My village roots), in Soeharto, op. cit.