PRESIDENT SOEHARTO
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA



PERSONAL DATA


Name
SOEHARTO
Date/Place of Birth
June 8, 1921 Kemusu, Yogyakarta
Religion
Islam
Education



Secondarv School
Military Cadres School
PETA (Japanese-sponsored Defence Army)
"C" Course of the Army Staff and Command College, Bandung, West Java


CAREER

1-6-1940

Basic Military Training in Gombong, Central Java

1940 - 1943

Military Cadres School in Gombong

May, 1943

Joined the Police Service

8-10-1943


Served as "Shodancho" (Platoon Commander) in PETA in Yogyakarta

1944

Served as "Cudancho" (Company Commander) in PETA in Madiun, East Java

1945 - 1950



Joined the BKR-TKR (People's Security Corps) during the physical revolution,successively as Company, Battalion, Brigade and Regiment Commander in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel

1950


Commander of Mataram Brigade (Expedition to South Sulawesi) to destroy the AndiAziz rebellion.

15-11-1951


Commander of PRAGOLA Brigade, Sub-Tertitory IV, Central Java, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel

1-3-1953

Commander of Infantry Regiment 15, Sub-Territory IV

1956


Attended the Army General Staff Planning as Officer seconded to the Chief of Staff of the Army

1-3-1956

Chief of Staff of Territory IV/Diponegoro Division, Central Java

3-9-1956

Deputy Commander of Territory IV/Diponegoro Division, Central Java

1-1-1957

Promoted to the rank of Colonel

1-9-1957

Member of the Board of Curators of the National Military Academy in Magelang

1-11-1959


Attended the C- 11 Course at the Army Staff and Command College in
Bandung, West Java

1-1-1960

Promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General

18-12-1960

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army

1-3-1961


First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, and concurrently Commander of the Army Reserve Corps I CADUAD

1-10-1961

Commander of the Air Defence Command of the Army

1961


Went on duty abroad for seeking contacts with Indonesian Military Attaches in Belgrade, Paris and Bonn

1-1-1962

Promoted to the rank of Major General

2-1-1962

Commander of Mandala Thetre Command for the Liberation of West Irian
(Trikora)

1-5-1963

Commander of the Army Strategic Command (KOSTRAD)

1-10-1965



Appointed Commander for the Restoration of Security and Order (Pangkopkamtib) by (the President in facing the rebellion of the Indonesian Communist Party/September 30 Movement

1-2-1966

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Gencral

21-2-1966


Minister/Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Chief of the
Supreme Operational Command (KOTI)

11-3-1966



Assigned the March-11-Order by the President/Mandatary of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (MPRS) to take actions for maintaining security and order

27-3-1966


Minister of Defence and Security. concurrently Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

1-7-1966




Promoted to the rank of General to funcbon as Chairman of the Presidium of the AMPERA (People's Message) Cabinet, Minister of Deferice and Security, concurrently Chief of Staff of the Supreme Operafional Command (KOTI)
and Minister/Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

12-3-1967


Appointed Acting President by Decree No. XXXIII/1967 of MPRS (Provisional People's Consultative Assembly)

27-3-1968


Appointed President of the Republic of Indonesia by Decree
No.XLIV/MPRS/1968 of MPRS

6-6-1968


President of the Republic of Indonesia, concurrently Minister of Defence and Security

23-3-1973

Re-elected President of the Republic of Indonesia by unanimous vote of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)

30-6-1976

Retired from active military service

March, 1978

Elected President of the Republic of Indonesia for the third time by unanimous vote of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR),

March, 1983

Elected President of the Republic of Indonesia for the fourth time by unanimous vote of the People's Consultative Assembly

March 1988

Elected President of the Republic of Indonesia for the fifth time by unanimous
vote of the People's Consultative Assembly.




DISTINCTIONS


    1. Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna 1

    2. Bintang Mahaputera Adipurna 1

    3. Binta'ng Sakh

    4. Bintang Dharma

    5. Bintang Gerilya

    6. Bintang Jasa Utama 1

    7. Bintang Budhaya Parama Dharma

    8. Bintang Yudha Dharma Utama 1

    9. Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Utama I

    10. Bintang Jalasena Utama I

    11. Bintang Swa Bhuwana Paksa Utama 1

    12. Bintang Bhayangkara Utama I

    13. Bintang Sewindu APRI

    14. Bintang Garuda

    15. Satyalancana Perang Kemerdekaan I

    16. Satyalancana Perang Kemerdekaan II

    17. Satyalancana Kesetiaan XVI Tahun

    18. Satyalancana Teladan

    19. Satyalancana GOM I

    20. Satyalancana GOM II

    21. Satyalancana GOM III

    22. Satyalancana GOM IV

    23. Satyalancana Satya DhaTma

    24. Satyalancana Wira Dharma

    25. Satyalancana Penegak

    26. Satyalancana Kesetiaan XXIV Tahun

    27. Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Nararya III

    28. Orden za Vojne Zazluge I reda (Yugoslavia)

    29. The Raja of the Order of Sikatuna (the Philippines)

    30. Grand Collier of the Order of Sheba (Ethiopia)

    31. Grand Collier de l'Ordre National de I 'Independence (Cambodia)

    32. The Most AuspiciousOrder of the Rajamitrabhorn (Thailand)

    33. Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara (DMN) (Malaysia)

    34. Orde van de Nederiandse Leeuw (Netherlands)

    35. Sonderstufe des Grosskreuzes (Special Order of the Grand Cross) (Federal Republic of Germany)

    36. Grand Collier (Italy)

    37. Gross Stern des Ehrenzeichens Fuer Verdienste andie Republic Oesterreich (Austria)

    38. Grand Croix de la Legion d'Honneur (France)

    39. Grand CordonOrdre de Leopold (Belgium)

    40. Satyalancana Pahlavi (Iran)

    41. Grand Cordon of the Supreme order of the Chrysanthenum (Japan)

    42. Knight Cross of the Order of the Bath (G. C. B) (England)

    43. Order of the Great Yugoslav Star (Yugoslavia)

    44. Bintang Badar (Saudi Arabia)

    45. Mubarak Alkabir's Necklace (Kuwait)

    46. Independence Necklace (Qatar)

    47. Ommayad Zul Wusyah (Syria)

    48. Grand Collar of the Nile (Egypt)

    49. Grand Collar de la Orden Americana de Isabel la Catolica (Spain)

    50. Medaii (Pakistan)

    51. The Grand Order of Mugunghwa (Republic of Korea)

    52. The Order of the Golden Ark (Netherlands)

    53. Nisham I (Pakistan)

    54. Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania,First

    Class with Ribbon (Romania)

    55. The Order of the Socialist Republic of Romania, First Class (Romania)

    56. Order of al-Hussein bin Ali (Yordania)

    57. Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthenum (Japan)

    58. Knight Cross of The Bath (England)

    59. Grand Collar de la Orden Americana de Isabella Catolica (Spain)

    60. The Order of the Golden Ark (Netherlands)

    61. Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania, First Class with Ribbon (Romania)

    62. Satyalancana Pahlavi (Iran)

    63. Nistiam I (Pakistan)

    64. Medali (Pakistan)

    65. Darjah Kerabat Mahkota Brunei (DKMB)(Brunei Darussalam)

    66. Collar de I a Orden del Libertador (Venezuela)


Family









 Marriage with Siti Hartinah on the 26th of December 1947 in the city of Solo, Central Java. They have six (6) children, 3 sons and 3 daughters :

    Siti Hardijanti
    Sigit Harjojudanto
    Bambang Trihatmodjo
    Siti Hadijati
    Hutomo Mandala Putra
    Siti Hutami Endang Adiningsih.