Wiranto

Wiranto (born April 4, 1947) is a retired Indonesian army General. He was commander of the military of Indonesia from February 1998 to October 1999, and ran unsuccessfully for president of Indonesia in 2004.

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He is accused by the United Nations and domestic groups of having a role in human rights violations by the Indonesian army and Jakarta-backed militias during Indonesia's withdrawal from the occupied territory of East Timor in 1999.

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Wiranto was born in Yogyakarta and grew up in Surakarta (Solo), both in central Java. He attended the National Military Academy, graduating in 1968. He spent the early part of his military career in North Sulawesi, far from the centers of power in Indonesia. He became a battalion commander in 1982, and moved to East Java in 1985 to join the command of the Army's elite Kostrad (Strategic Force).

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