3rd President of Indonesia and 7th Vice President of Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (25 June 1936 - 11 September 2019)[1] was an Indonesian engineer who was President of Indonesia from May 21, 1998 to October 20, 1999.
B. J. Habibie | |
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3rd President of Indonesia | |
In office 21 May 1998 – 20 October 1999 | |
Vice President | eweuh |
Preceded by | Soeharto |
Succeeded by | Abdurrahman Wahid |
7th Vice President of Indonesia | |
In office 11 March 1998 – 21 May 1998 | |
President | Soeharto |
Preceded by | Try Sutrisno |
Succeeded by | Megawati Soekarnoputri |
4th State Minister for Research and Technology of Indonesia | |
In office 29 March 1978 – 16 March 1998 | |
President | Soeharto |
Preceded by | Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo |
Succeeded by | Rahardi Ramelan |
Personal details | |
Born | Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie June 25, 1936 Parepare, South Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Died | September 11, 2019 83) Jakarta, Indonesia | (aged
Cause of death | Heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy |
Political party | Golkar |
Spouse(s) |
Hasri Ainun Besari
(m. 1962; died 2010) |
Children | Ilham Akbar Habibie (b. 1963) Thareq Kemal Habibie (b. 1966) |
Mother | Tuti Marini Puspowardojo |
Father | Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie |
Alma mater | Bandung Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering 1954) RWTH (B.E. 1955) RWTH (Ing. 1962) |
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