Suharto Seizes Power in Indonesia

Date: March 12, 1967 • Location: Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1967–1998.

General Suharto (pictured) seized power from President Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly sworn him in as acting president of Indonesia.

Suharto was an Indonesian military general and politician who served as the second and longest-serving president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998.