Sengkolo suharto biography

Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was the second President of Indonesia, having held the office for 31 years from 1967 following Sukarno's removal until his resignation in 1998.

Suharto was born in a small village, Kemusuk, in the Godean area near Yogyakarta, during the Dutch colonial era.^[1] He grew up in humble circumstances.^[2] His Javanese Muslim parents divorced not long after his birth, and he was passed between foster parents for much of his childhood.

During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Suharto served in Japanese-organised Indonesian security forces.

President suharto biography

Indonesia's independence struggle saw him joining the newly formed Indonesian army. Suharto rose to the rank of major general following Indonesian independence.

Early life

Suharto was born on 8 June 1921 during the Dutch East Indies era, in a plaited bamboo walled house in the hamlet of Kemusuk, a part of the larger village of Godean