Word: sukarnopurti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Indonesians last year overthrew longtime strongman and U.S. ally President Suharto, setting the stage for an election that has inevitably opened old wounds. Suharto's handpicked successor, President B. J. Habibie, faces his toughest challenge from an opposition coalition led by Megawati Sukarnopurti -- the left-leaning daughter of President Sukarno, who was overthrown by Suharto in a bloody coup in 1965. Still, says Dowell, "Habibie can't lose -- he's the approved candidate of the military, which keeps 238 of the 500 seats in parliament for their own appointees." The military orchestrated Suharto's ouster in the face of mass...
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