Demo penurunan suharto biography
Demo penurunan suharto biography
Kronologi Kelengseran Soeharto, Mei 1998 -.
Fall of Suharto
Indonesian presidential resignation
Suharto resigned as President of Indonesia on 21 May following the collapse of support for his year long presidency.
Vice President B. J. Habibie took over the presidency.
Suharto's grip on power weakened following severe economic and political crises stemming from the Asian financial crisis. The economy suffered a flight of foreign capital, leading to a drastic drop in the value of the Indonesian rupiah, which severely impacted the economy and people's livelihoods.
President suharto biography
Suharto was re-elected to his seventh term by the People's Consultative Assembly in March Increasing political unrest and violence undermined his previously firm political and military support, leading to his May resignation.
Initially under newly installed President Habibie, a period of political reform (Reformasi) followed.
Historical background
Dissent during the New Order
Having consolidated power in in the aftermath of the attempted coup in which