The following lists events that happened during 1998 in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. In Indonesia, this year was noted for the May 1998 riots due to dissatisfaction with

Suharto Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian Officer (armed forces), military officer and politician, and dictator, who was the second and longest serving president of Indonesia, serving from 1967 to 1998. His 32 years rule, cha ...

's 31-year

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regime, culminating in Suharto's resignation on 21 May 1998.

Incumbents

* President:

(until 21 May),

B. J. Habibie Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (; 25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian politician, engineer and scientist who served as the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999. Less than three months after his inauguration as the seventh ...

(after 21 May) * Vice-President:

Try Sutrisno Try Sutrisno (; born 15 November 1935) is an Indonesian retired army general who served as the sixth vice president of Indonesia from 1993 to 1998. Born in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Try graduated from the Army Technical Aca ...

(until 11 March),

(11 March to 21 May), ''Vacant'' (after 21 May)

Events

February

* 11 February – J. Soedradjad Djiwandono is dismissed from his office of the governor of the

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May

* 4 May – The start of the May riots in Indonesia. * 12 May –

Trisakti shootings The Trisakti shootings, also known as the Trisakti tragedy (), took place at Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 12 May 1998. At a demonstration demanding President Suharto's resignation, Indonesian Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed ...

: Indonesian National Army soldiers fire and kill four protestors. This causes the start of the riots in Jakarta. * 15 May – : A fire in the Klender Mall due to looting leaves at least 200 people dead. * 21 May –

Fall of Suharto On 21 May 1998, Suharto resigned as president of Indonesia following protests and riots across the country against his regime. His vice president, B. J. Habibie, took over the presidency. Suharto's grip on power weakened following severe ...

resigns as

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August

* 22 August – The 1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh ends.

October

* 26 October – 1998 Indonesia Open starts.

November

* 1 November – 1998 Indonesia Open ends. * 13 November – Semanggi I shooting: 17 people are killed and many injured after troops fired on protestors near the Semanggi intercharge.

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held

Prabowo Subianto Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and former four-star Indonesian Army, army general who is serving as the eighth and current president of Indonesia since 2024. He was previously t ...

responsibilities for involved during the event and in a series of human rights abuses.

December

* 25 December–29 December – First Poso riot.

Births

* 25 February –

Rizky Febian Rizky Febian Adriansyah Sutisna, professionally known as Rizky Febian (born 25 February 1998), is an Indonesian singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the eldest son of the Indonesian comedian Sule (comedian), Sule. Some of his famous singles are ' ...

, singer-songwriter, actor, TV presenter. * 31 August –

Sugeng Efendi Sugeng Efendi (born 31 August 1998) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 2 club PSKC Cimahi. Club career Persela Lamongan He was signed for Persela Lamongan to play in Liga 1 in the 2018 season. Sugeng mad ...

, professional footballer.

Deaths

* 8 January –

Alamsyah Ratu Perwiranegara Alamsyah Ratu Perwiranegara (25 December 1925 – 8 January 1998) was an Indonesian retired military general and politician who served as State Secretary Minister, Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare, Minister of Religious Affairs, and Amba ...

, military general (born 1925). * 9 October –

Ita Martadinata Haryono Margaretha Martadinata Haryono (March 21, 1981 – October 9, 1998), or Ita Martadinata Haryono, better known by her nickname, Ita, was a Chinese Indonesian human rights activist who was murdered in 1998, a case which is still unsolved. Early lif ...

, human rights activist (born

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 In Indonesia

1998 in Indonesia The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Indonesia. In Indonesia, this year was noted for the May 1998 riots of Indonesia, May 1998 riots due to dissatisfaction with Suharto's 31-year New Order (Indonesia), New Order regime, culmin ...

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