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Jan 28, 2008
CLOSE BILATERAL RELATIONS
SPECIAL BOND: Mr Suharto greeting Mr Lee at Jakarta airport in 1982. Observers said the two leaders clicked because they were both pragmatists who were not afraid to adopt tough policies.
-- PHOTOS: ST & BT FILE, AFP, REUTERS, GETTY IMAGES, AP, KOMPAS
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Jan 28, 2008
CLOSE BILATERAL RELATIONS
TEE TIME: Mr Suharto on the fairway with then prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in Jakarta in 1973.
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Jan 28, 2008
CLOSE BILATERAL RELATIONS
STATE VISIT: Singapore's then president Benjamin Shears with Mr Suharto during his visit in 1974.
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Jan 28, 2008
CLOSE BILATERAL RELATIONS
FAREWELL: Mr Lee sending off Mr Suharto after the latter's visit to Singapore in 1976.
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Jan 28, 2008
CLOSE BILATERAL RELATIONS
RECEPTION: Mr Lee flanked by Mr Suharto and Madam Tien Suharto in Yogyakarta in 1980.
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Jan 28, 2008
CLOSE BILATERAL RELATIONS
GROWING TIES: Mr Suharto applauding as Mr Lee planted a tree during a visit to Batam in 1987.
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Jan 28, 2008
CLOSE BILATERAL RELATIONS
UNITY: The PM Goh Chok Tong with Mr Suharto releasing koi into a Bintan resort pond in 1996.
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Jan 28, 2008
FROM GENERAL TO STATESMAN
THE UNIFORMED DAYS: Former president Sukarno (left) and General Suharto in August 1966.
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Jan 28, 2008
FROM GENERAL TO STATESMAN
CHANGES: Mr Sukarno naming the new government in July 1966. Gen Suharto is seated on the left.
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Jan 28, 2008
FROM GENERAL TO STATESMAN
NEW ROLE: Mr Suharto meeting US president Richard Nixon in Washington on May 31, 1970.
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Jan 28, 2008
FROM GENERAL TO STATESMAN
SPORTSMAN: Thai premier Chatichai Choonhavan (left) and Mr Suharto playing golf in October 1988.
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Jan 28, 2008
FROM GENERAL TO STATESMAN
RELIGIOUS ORDER: Pope John Paul II greeting Mr Suharto at Merdeka Palace on Oct 9, 1989.
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Jan 28, 2008
FROM GENERAL TO STATESMAN
ALL FOR ONE: Mr Suharto (right) with other Asean leaders at a Bangkok meeting on Dec 13, 1995.
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Jan 28, 2008
FROM GENERAL TO STATESMAN
LAST CALL: Mr Suharto with the leaders of Japan and South Korea at the 1997 Apec Summit.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FAMILY MAN
FATHER OF DEVELOPMENT: Mr Suharto in 1966. He brought economic prosperity to millions of Indonesians by reaching out to foreign investors.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FAMILY MAN
THE LIGHTER SIDE: Mr Suharto strumming the guitar with his daughter Siti Hediati Hariyadi looking on, in this rare informal photo taken in 1971.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FAMILY MAN
THE BIKER: Mr Suharto, who was known for his love of motorcycles, testing a Harley-Davidson bike that was presented to him in this 1996 photo.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FAMILY MAN
WALK IN THE PARK: Mr Suharto taking an walk in the garden with his daughters and grandsons in Germany, where he went for a medical checkup.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FAMILY MAN
HAPPY FATHER: Mr Suharto kissing his eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana after she was honoured with a national award in 1997.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FAMILY MAN
GONE FISHING: Mr Suharto, who loved fishing, enjoying a trip out. He had fished with world leaders including for German chancellor Helmut Kohl.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FINAL YEARS
HARD TIMES: Mr Suharto signing a pact on an austerity programme for Indonesia in 1988 as then IMF managing director Michel Camdessus looked on.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FINAL YEARS
IN HIS WORDS: Former Indonesian leader Suharto during an interview at his house in Jakarta in October last year.
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Jan 28, 2008
THE FINAL YEARS
STEPPING DOWN: Mr Suharto announcing his resignation in May 1998, watched by then vice-president B.J. Habibie (centre) and other officials.
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