Passionate devotion: With his beloved wife Ainun, who died in 2010.
HE was a quintessential product of Suharto’s “New Order”. He had been a loyal two decade-long Cabinet minister and a much promoted, admired and protected protégé.
Nonetheless, from May 1998 for 17 intense months, as Indonesia crumpled under the onslaught of the Asian Financial Crisis and political turmoil, Bacharuddin Jusuf (or BJ) Habibie as the newly sworn-in President blithely dismantled his mentor’s authoritarian legacy.
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BJ Habibie
Passionate devotion: With his beloved wife Ainun, who died in 2010.
Indonesia’s current president, Joko Widodo, paying his respects at Habibie’s house.
Strong legacy: Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, Indonesia’s third president, who died at the age of 83 last Wednesday.
Xanana Gusmao, the East Timor independence hero, embracing the dying Pak Habibie moments before his death.
Photographers gathering outside of Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie’s house in Patra Kuningan, South Jakarta, on the night of his death.
Spectacular rise: Habibie taking his presidential oath on May 21,1998. — Photos supplied by Team Ceritalah
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