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| 1993 |
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| Gen. Suharto (originally named president in 1968) was reelected to his sixth five-year term. | 1 |
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| 1995, Aug. 16 |
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| Pres. Suharto ordered the release of three political prisoners who had been arrested in 1965 for participating in a coup. | 2 |
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| 1996, July 27 |
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| Riots broke out in Jakarta because of government raids on the headquarters of an opposition party. | 3 |
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| 1998, Feb. 20 |
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| Pres. Suharto cancelled a plan to reform the currency system when the IMF threatened to withhold $40 billion in aid from Indonesia. | 4 |
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| March 10 |
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| With an impending economic crisis injuring his popular support, Gen. Suharto was elected by Parliament to his seventh five-year presidential term. Following Suharto's reelection, protests erupted, and he was charged with massive corruption and widespread human rights violations. Meanwhile, Indonesia was the country hit hardest by the worldwide economic crisis: one in five Indonesians lost their jobs. | 5 |
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| May 2 |
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| Government price hikes in fuel costs set off nationwide student riots; tens-of-thousands protested in various Indonesian cities. These uprisings were similar to the Jan. 1998 riots against ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. | 6 |
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| May 21 |
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| After ruling for 32 years as a military leader and head of state, Gen. Suharto resigned his presidential position and was succeeded by his vice president, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie. | 7 |
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| Nov.–Dec |
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| Student demonstrations were staged every day for two months, calling for prosecution of Suharto on corruption and human rights charges. Protestors also called for the resignation of Pres. Habibie. | 8 |
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