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Rule Indonesia until he dies (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|type of villain = Military Dictator}}{{Quote|I was born in Indonesia and will die in Indonesia.|Suharto}} | Rule Indonesia until he dies (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|type of villain = Military Dictator}}{{Quote|I was born in Indonesia and will die in Indonesia.|Suharto}} | ||
'''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. | '''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. | ||
==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. | 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. | ||
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