Ex-Indonesian President Suharto Passes Away

World | January 27, 2008, Sunday // 00:00

Former Indonesian dictator Haji Muhammad Suharto, who ruled his country with an iron fist for three decades, died Sunday at a hospital in Jakarta, CNN reported. He was 86.

He was rushed to Pertamina Hospital on January 4 for treatment of a failing liver, heart and lungs, his doctors said.

He had been suffering at home for five days.

His death comes just a day after his doctors said he appeared to be making a remarkable recovery.

Suharto, who, like other Indonesians, only has one name, was president of Indonesia from 1967 until he was forced to resign - under immense political pressure - in 1998.

He is credited with shaping modern Indonesia by boosting the economy and making the sprawling archipelago a regional power.

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