![]() Support for Suharto's presidency was strong throughout the 1970s and 1980s but eroded following a severe financial crisis that led to widespread unrest and his resignation in May 1998. ![]() He was appointed acting president in 1967 and President the following year. The army subsequently led an anti-communist purge, and Suharto wrested power from Indonesia's founding president, Sukarno. An attempted coup on 30 September 1965 was countered by Suharto-led troops and was blamed on the Indonesian Communist Party. Suharto rose to the rank of Major General following Indonesian independence. Indonesia's independence struggle saw him joining the newly formed Indonesian army. During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, Suharto served in Japanese-organised Indonesian security forces. ![]() His Javanese peasant parents divorced not long after his birth, and he was passed between foster parents for much of his childhood. Suharto was born in a small village, Kemusuk, in the Godean area near Yogyakarta, during the Dutch colonial era.
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