An economic crisis forced this Indonesian leader to resign on May 21, 1998, ending 32 years of autocratic rule
... (the daughter of Indonesia's first president following the end of 
Dutch rule in... [DOC] [TLE] Indonesia: the inferno of revolution [PAR] This article first looks at the mounting economic crisis facing the old regime and 
the growing ... For the West, the new Indonesian president Suharto was a hero 
who had .... By May 1998 the rupiah had lost 80 percent of its value in a year.