1968 Indonesian presidential election

Indonesian presidential election Indonesia presidential 1963 Indonesian presidential election 1963 27 March 1968 1971 Indonesian legislative election#Presidential election 1973 616 members of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly Most electoral 100% ( 0.00pp) 190x190px Jenderal TNI Soeharto.png Suharto Golkar 616 100% 300px Votes of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly #FFD83B Suharto: 616 votes President Suharto (acting) Indonesian National Armed Forces Suharto Golkar On 27 March 1968, the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (MPRS), the legislative branch of Indonesia, met to elect the president of the country for the 1968–1973 term. It was the third presidential election in Indonesia after the 1945 and 1963 elections. Suharto was officially elected president on 27 March 1968 for a five-year term after previously holding the position of acting president since 1967, when Sukarno was officially impeached and removed by the MPRS.Elson Robert Suharto: A Political Biography 2001 165https://books.google.com/books?id=g1M-rxEAs1kC&dq=MPrs+removed+sukarno+as+president&pg=PA266 Area Handbook for Indonesia 1970 Henderson John William U.S. Government Printing Office 266 28 September 2021 Suharto was officially sworn in on the same day, marking the formal beginning of his first five-year term as president.Pelantikan Suharto by Kompas https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2020/03/26/140400165/hari-ini-dalam-sejarah--soeharto-dilantik-sebagai-presiden-ri-gantikan?page=all 2 August 2021 Kompas.com Background This presidential election was held because Sukarno was impeached and removed by the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (MPRS) in 1967. Cabinet changes had been very frequent since the G30S/PKI incident, but Sukarno's presidential mandate was finally revoked in 1967 due to the people's demands (TRITURA, The People's Three Demands). He was replaced by Suharto, who became acting president to secure the condition of Indonesia after the G30S/PKI incident. Sukarno was under house arrest until the end of his life.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/07/britain-owes-an-apology-to-my-father-and-millions-of-other-indonesians 7 November 2021 Britain owes an apology to my father and millions of other Indonesians en-GB The Observer 8 July 2023 0029-7712 Results President Suharto Golkar 616 0 616 References Category:Presidential elections in Indonesia Category:1968 elections in Asia Category:1968 in Indonesia Category:New Order (Indonesia) Category:People's Consultative Assembly Category:Suharto