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Suharto

1921 - 2008

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Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian military officer and the second President of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto led Indonesia as an authoritarian regime from 1967 until his resignation in 1998 following nationwide unrest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Suharto has received more than 3,703,601 page views. His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 96 in 2019). Suharto is the 556th most popular politician (up from 644th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Indonesia and the 2nd most popular Indonesian Politician.

Suharto is most famous for being the president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998. He was the first president of Indonesia to be democratically elected.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 101

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Suharto ranks 556 out of 19,576. Before him are George IV of the United Kingdom, Nader Shah, Menes, Vytautas, Richard II of England, and Ngo Dinh Diem. After him are Emperor Gaozu of Han, Peter II of Russia, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Nebuchadnezzar I, Oscar I of Sweden, and George I of Greece.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Suharto ranks 7. Before him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Alexander Dubček, Andrei Sakharov, Michael I of Romania, Charles Bronson, and Stanisław Lem. After him are Yves Montand, Astor Piazzolla, Giulietta Masina, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, John Rawls, and Simone Signoret. Among people deceased in 2008, Suharto ranks 5. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Bobby Fischer, Edmund Hillary, and Yves Saint Laurent. After him are Paul Newman, Samuel P. Huntington, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Albert Hofmann, Irena Sendler, Charlton Heston, and Arthur C. Clarke.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Suharto ranks 2 out of 158. Before him are Sukarno (1901). After him are Willem Einthoven (1860), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), B. J. Habibie (1936), Anthony Fokker (1890), Laura Gemser (1950), Prabowo Subianto (1951), and Enrique of Malacca (1495).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Suharto ranks 2. Before him are Sukarno (1901). After him are Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), B. J. Habibie (1936), Prabowo Subianto (1951), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Diponegoro (1785), and Ma'ruf Amin (1943).

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