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Suharto

President of Indonesia, 1967 to 1998

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His anti-communist "New Order" delivered decades of growth after the 1965 to 1966 mass killings, but also corruption and repression. Mass protests forced him out in 1998.

Suharto sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly growth-first on environment.

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Where Suharto sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Suharto

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Political views closest to Suharto

MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.98%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…96%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…95%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…95%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.