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...NAME] B.J. HABIBIE [JOB] President of Indonesia [WHY IN THE NEWS] Outlasted Suharto [DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC] His little hat [FREQUENTLY PHOTOGRAPHED] Accompanied by soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 8, 1998 | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...hours when he faced the first of what will probably be a series of crises that will mark his presidency. Sources close to the President tell TIME that on May 23, Habibie was confronted at his office by LIEUT. GENERAL PRABOWO SUBIANTO, son-in-law of former PRESIDENT SUHARTO and the head of the powerful Army Strategic Reserve Command. The general "strongly requested" that Habibie name him army Chief of Staff and replace the chief of the armed forces, GENERAL WIRANTO, with a Prabowo ally. Frightened, Habibie told the volatile general that promotions were up to the military, and left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...sense that a great shift was taking place in their country. "Everything is moving, the way water moves," said Ade Nasution, a businessman who turned up at the Parliament last week to support the students. "I don't think anything can stop it." Despite Habibie's accession, Suharto's departure leaves a political vacuum. Indonesians are left to wonder who or what is really going to fill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is B.J. Habibie? | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

AMIEN RAIS Muslim leader directs the largely peaceful protests that topple Suharto, earns a future role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 1, 1998 | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...have already won $40 billion, if you?re Indonesia?s new government. Attorney General Sudjono Atmonegoro today launched an official investigation into irregularities in the fortune amassed by ex-president Suharto?s family during the strongman?s 32-year kleptocracy. ?This probe is designed to calm the public clamor for the seizure of Suharto?s wealth,? says TIME correspondent William Dowell. ?It also allows President Habibie to assert his independence from his former mentor. Most importantly, though, it sends a message to the family -- they?d better start making plans to leave.? The Suhartos may want to find out whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bring Me the Checkbook of President Suharto | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

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