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  • Jan. 27, 2008.  Suharto dies aged 86, in hospital in Jakarta (the capital).
  • September 2007.   The Indonesian supreme court rules in favour of Suharto in a libel suit against US Time magazine, ordering Time to pay the former dictator US$106 million in damages after an article published in the magazine claimed that Suharto's family had amassed some US$73 billion "in revenues and assets" during his 32-year rule. 
  • September 2007. State prosecutors resume the civil case to recover US$441 million of state money allegedly stolen by Suharto under the auspices of the Supersemar charitable education fund.
  • July 2007.  State prosecutors file a US$1.54 billion civil law suit against Suharto and his charitable Supersemar foundation.
  • May 2007.  Indonesian Attorney General Hendarman Supandji announces that his office will investigate Suharto and his Supersemar charitable foundation, for embezzling some Rp11,500 billion (US$1.00=8,750.00 rupiah as at May 25, 2007) from state banks. 
  • October 2006.  Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of Suharto, is conditionally released from prison after serving less than five years of a 15-year prison sentence for ordering the murder in July 2000 of Supreme Court judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita. 
  • May 2006. Attorney General Abdurrahman Saleh announces that all corruption charges against Suharto had been dropped because of Suharto's "deteriorating" health.
  • April 2006.  Saleh announces that a team of doctors will re-examine the health of Suharto, to ascertain whether he had recovered from the effects of a series of strokes that led to him being declared unfit to stand trial. 
  • October 2005.  Explosions set off by suicide bombers on the island of Bali kill 22 people and injure at least 100. 
  • Dec. 26, 2004.  An earthquake with an epicentre on the north-west tip of the island of Sumatra, unleashes a series of massive tsunamis which cause devastation and massive loss of life in 12 countries around the rim of the Indian Ocean.  
  • Ocotber 2004.  Gen. (retd) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is declared the winner of the second round of Indonesia's first direct presidential election.
  • May 2002.  East Timor becomes an independent state.  
  • December 2001.  The chief justice of the Supreme Court, Bagir Mana, rules that Suharto will never be brought to trial because of his deteriorating health. 
  • September 2000.  The Supreme Court finds Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, guilty of corruption and sentences him to 18 months' imprisonment. 
  • July 1999.  Megawati Sukarnoputri, leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI). wins the general election.
  • May 1998.  Following months of economic turmoil, widespread rioting. and escalating student protests against the government. Suharto finally resigns as President of Indonesia.
  • March 1998.  Thousands of students across Indonesia hold anti-government demonstrations after the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) unanimously re-elect Suharto as President for a seventh consecutive five-year term. 
  • November 1997. The IMF approves a stand-by credit for Indonesia, authorising drawings of up to SDR7.338 billion (about US$10.14 billion) over the next three years. 
  • August 1997.  Indonesia abandons the fixed exchange rate system and allows the rupiah to "float" as a result of an Asian economic crisis.
  • March 1994.  Suharto indicates that he will not stand for a seventh consecutive five-year term as President. 
  • March 1993.  The 10th general assembly of the People's Consultative Assembly unanimously re-elect Suharto for a sixth consecutive five-year term as President, the sole candidate. 
  • November 1991.  Indonesian troops open fire on pro-independence demonstrators at a cemetery in Dili, the capital of the de facto Indonesian territory of East Timor, killing between 60 and 180 people.
  • October 1988.  Sultan Dorodjatun Hamengkubuwono IX, the sovereign ruler of Indonesia's special administrative territory of Jogjakarta (Yogyakarta), dies of a heart attack. 
  • March 1988.  Suharto is elected for a fifth five-year term by the 1,000-member People's Consultative Assembly.
  • March 1983.  Suharto is re-elected unopposed for a further five-year term by the People's Consultative Assembly.
  • March 1978.  Suharto is re-elected for a third five-year term by the People's Consultative Assembly
  • December 1975.  Indonesian forces invade the Portuguese territory of East Timor and a pro-Indonesian provisional government is formed. 
  • March 1973.  Suharto is re-elected for a further five-year term as President of Indonesia.
  • September 1970.  Suharto visits to the Netherlands, the first such visit since Indonesian independence in 1949. 
  • August 1970.  Ahmed Sukarno, the first President of independent Indonesia, dies aged 69.  
  • March 1968. Suharto is sworn in for a five-year term as Indonesia's second president.
  • April 1967. The Indonesian People's Consultative Congress withdraws all governmental powers from President Sukarno. 
  • March 1966.  Suharto announces the banning of the PKI. 
  • September 1965.  Suharto takes temporary command of the Indonesian army to defeat an attempted coup attributed to the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).
  • January 1962.  Suharto is appointed head of the "West Irian Theatre Command" of the Indonesian operation to take over West Irian (now West Papua.)
  • December 1949.  Indonesia achieves full independence. 
  • Aug. 17, 1945. The Indonesian nationalist leader Sukarno declares Indonesia to be a Republic. 
  • June 8, 1921.  Suharto is born in Kemusuk, a village near Yogyakarta (Jogjakarta).


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