The 86-year-old former president of Indonesia died from multiple organ failure. His regime, which was marked by economic growth and large-scale political repression, ended in 1998 in the wake of the Asian economic crisis. To characterize his regime at its worst:

“Within the space of a few months at least half a million people were slaughtered in anti-communist pogroms that, at the very least, Suharto and the military tacitly encouraged says our correspondent”- BBC Online

He never stood trial for crimes committed during his rule.