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Deception<br> | |Image =President Suharto, 1993.jpg | ||
Leadership<br> | |fullname = Suharto|alias = Soeharto<br>The Smiling General<br>Father of Development<br>Haji Mohammad<br>Al-Haj Mohammed Suharto|origin = Kemusuk, Yogyakarta Sultanate (now a part of modern-day Indonesia) | ||
Manipulation<br> | |occupation = President of Indonesia (1967 - 1998)|skills = Control over the Golkar Party and the Indonesian Army<br>Deception<br>Leadership<br>Manipulation<br>Absolute authority<br>Military training<br>High intelligence | ||
|hobby = Deep-sea fishing<br>Embezzlement<br>Golfing<br>Leading the Indonesian Army<br>Purging political enemies | |||
Military training<br> | |goals = Establish the New Order (succeeded)<br>Take complete control of East Timor (succeeded)<br>Rule Indonesia until his death (failed) | ||
|crimes = Corruption<br>[[Genocide]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Embezzlement]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>Oppression<br>Politicide<br>Totalitarianism<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>Forced Disappearance<br>[[Sinophobia]] | |||
Take complete control of East Timor (succeeded)<br> | |type of villain = Military Dictator}}{{Quote|I was born in Indonesia and will die in Indonesia.|Suharto}} | ||
Rule Indonesia until | '''Suharto ''' (8 June 1921 - 27 January 2008) was the second president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998. For 31 years he ruled over Indonesia with an iron hand and under his rule, his family stole roughly $15 billion in cash, shares, corporate assets, real estate, jewelry and fine art. His death total was 1 million. | ||
'''Suharto ''' (8 June 1921 - 27 January 2008) was the second president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998. For 31 years he ruled over Indonesia with an iron hand and under his rule his family stole roughly $15 billion in cash, shares, corporate assets, real estate, jewelry and fine art. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Like many Javanese, Suharto used only his given name, without a surname. The son of a minor official and trader in Yogyakarta, he aspired from his youth to a career in the military. After graduating from high school and working briefly as a bank clerk, he joined the Dutch colonial army and then, after [[Imperial Japan]]'s conquest in 1942, switched to a Japanese-sponsored home defense corps, receiving training as an officer. With Japan’s surrender in 1945, he fought in the guerrilla forces seeking independence from the Dutch. By the time Indonesia became a republic in 1950, Suharto had distinguished himself as a battalion commander in central Java and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. Over the next 15 years he rose steadily through the ranks of the Indonesian army, becoming a colonel in 1957, a brigadier general in 1960, and a major general in 1962. | Suharto was born in June 8th, 1921 in Kemusuk, Dutch East Indies to Javanese parents. Like many Javanese, Suharto used only his given name, without a surname. The son of a minor official and trader in Yogyakarta, he aspired from his youth to a career in the military. After graduating from high school and working briefly as a bank clerk, he joined the Dutch colonial army and then, after [[Imperial Japan]]'s conquest in 1942, switched to a Japanese-sponsored home defense corps, receiving training as an officer. With Japan’s surrender in 1945, he fought in the guerrilla forces seeking independence from the Dutch. By the time Indonesia became a republic in 1950, Suharto had distinguished himself as a battalion commander in central Java and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. Over the next 15 years he rose steadily through the ranks of the Indonesian army, becoming a colonel in 1957, a brigadier general in 1960, and a major general in 1962. | ||
In 1963 Suharto was routinely appointed to head the army strategic command, a Jakarta-based force used to respond to national emergencies. Indonesia’s leader, President [[Sukarno]], had meanwhile cultivated close ties with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and with China, but the army had remained strongly anticommunist. On September 30, 1965, a group of disgruntled left-wing army officers and some PKI leaders tried to seize power in Jakarta, killing six of the army’s seven senior generals. Suharto was one of the highest-ranking officers to escape assassination, and, as head of the strategic command, he led the army in crushing the coup within a few days. Sukarno was suspected of complicity in the coup, and power now began to shift to the army. In the following months, Suharto directed a purge of communists and leftists in public life, and his example was followed in exaggerated form by vigilantes in a grand massacre of communists throughout the country in which hundreds of thousands lost their lives. | In 1963 Suharto was routinely appointed to head the army strategic command, a Jakarta-based force used to respond to national emergencies. Indonesia’s leader, President [[Sukarno]], had meanwhile cultivated close ties with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and with China, but the army had remained strongly anticommunist. On September 30, 1965, a group of disgruntled left-wing army officers and some PKI leaders tried to seize power in Jakarta, killing six of the army’s seven senior generals. Suharto was one of the highest-ranking officers to escape assassination, and, as head of the strategic command, he led the army in crushing the coup within a few days. Sukarno was suspected of complicity in the coup, and power now began to shift to the army. In the following months, Suharto directed a purge of communists and leftists in public life, and his example was followed in exaggerated form by vigilantes in a grand massacre of communists throughout the country in which hundreds of thousands lost their lives. | ||
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According to Transparency International, Suharto is the most corrupt leader in modern history, having embezzled an alleged $15–35 billion during his rule. | According to Transparency International, Suharto is the most corrupt leader in modern history, having embezzled an alleged $15–35 billion during his rule. | ||
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