Terapi sentinel suharto biography

1. Biography of Suharto
2. Rise to Power
3. The 1965 Coup Attempt
4. Presidency
5. Domestic and International Policies
6. Downfall

Biography of Suharto

Suharto (1921 - 2008) was an Indonesian military and political figure.

He was born on June 8, 1921, to a family of a minor official in the Sultanate of Yogyakarta, Central Java. Initially, he worked as a clerk in a bank before joining the Dutch colonial army in 1940, where he attained the rank of sergeant.

During the Japanese occupation from 1943 to 1945, he became the commander of a company.

Rise to Power

During the war for independence from Dutch rule (1945-1949), Suharto commanded a battalion.

President suharto biography

In the late 1950s, he became a division commander, then a brigade commander in 1960. Two years later, he was promoted to the rank of major general. In the final years of President Sukarno's rule (1963-1965), Suharto led the Strategic C