1981-1998







Indonesia after Suharto, since 1998


The Asian financial crisis of 1997 had hit Indonesia hard. The country in 1998 underwent democratization, as the Golkar Party was stripped of her privileges. East Timor, in a referendum, opted for independence (1999), was placed under UN administration. Indonesia faced separatist movements in Aceh and West Papua (Irian Jaya). Ethnic and/or religious violence erupted occasionally, in Maluku Selatan in 1999, in Kalimantan in 2001.
Since 1998, Indonesia's democracy has proven to be stable; the country has seen two changes in government based on election results. The conflict in Aceh was solved by negotiation and agreement (2005); West Papua (Irian Jaya) was granted autonomy in 2002.
Indonesia made headlines through the Bali bombings (2002, 2005) and the Tsunami of December 2004, which killed an estimated 220,000 on the west coast of Sumatra.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Library of Congress, Country Studies : Indonesia
Timeline, from BBC News
Article Politics of Indonesia, from Wikipedia
Article Indonesian Revolution of 1998, from Wikipedia
Article Bali Bombings, from Wikipedia
DOCUMENTS Election Results, from Psephos,
REFERENCE Steven Drakeley, The History of Indonesia, Westport CT : Greenwood 2005, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959.8 0763h
Robert Cribb, Historical Dictionary of Indonesia, Lanham MD : 2nd edition Scarecrow 2004, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 959.8 C928h
Article : Indonesia, in : The Statesman's Year-Book 2000 pp.873-881, 2001 pp.850-858, 2002 pp.886-894, 2003 pp.888-895, 2004 pp.892-900, 2005 pp.895-903, 2006 pp.891-898 [G]
Entry : Background Notes - Indonesia, pp.191-199; Travel Warnings - Indonesia, pp.507-510 in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2000, Supplement [G]
Entry : Republic of Indonesia, Cabinet, p.49; Background Notes, pp.693-701, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Entry : Indonesia, pp.562-567 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]
Article : Indonesia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 2002 pp.438-442, 632 [G]


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