General Suharto was an authoritarian general who ruled Indonesia for many years. He was known for his strict rule and crackdowns on dissent.
Suharto was born on 8 June 1921 in the village of Godean, near Yogyakarta. He began his military career in 1941, and in 1965 he led a coup against President Sukarno. Suharto then ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades.
Under Suharto’s rule, Indonesia became a one-party state, and dissent was harshly suppressed. …