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Former Indonesian President Habibie dies at 83
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor following the ouster of the dictator Suharto, has died. He was 83.
His unpopular presidency was the shortest in modern Indonesia's history, but was transformative.
Habibie's son, Thareq Kemal Habibie, said Indonesia's third president died Wednesday at Jakarta's Gatot Subroto army hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for heart problems since Sept. 1.
He said his father had struggled to survive, "but his heart finally gave up at the end."
President Joko Widodo expressed deep condolences, and the government called for a period of national mourning until Saturday.
Habibie was tapped to lead Indonesia by Suharto as the military dictator's 32-year hold on power crumbled in May 1998 during a student uprising and a devastating economic crash. It ended after only 16 months in October 1999 when he withdrew from contention in presidential elections.
An engineer educated in Indonesia, the Netherlands and Germany, Habibie spent nearly two decades working for German aircraft maker Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm, before returning to Indonesia in 1974 to h
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Habibie’s lasting heritage for Indonesia
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