May jen suharto biography

President of Indonesia from to

In this Indonesian name, there is no family name nor a patronymic.

Suharto^[b][c] (8 June – 27 January ) was an Indonesian military officer and the second president of Indonesia.

May jen suharto biography

Suharto led Indonesia from until his resignation in following nationwide unrest.^[3][4][5] His year dictatorship is considered one of the most brutal and corrupt of the 20th century: he was central to the perpetration of mass killings against alleged communists and subsequent persecution of ethnic Chinese, irreligious people, and trade unionists.^[6][7][8]

Suharto was born in Kemusuk, near the city of Yogyakarta, during the Dutch colonial era.

He grew up in humble circumstances.^[10] His Javanese Muslim parents divorced not long after his birth, and he lived with foster parents for much of his childhood. During the Japanese occupation, Suharto served in the Japanese-organized