The end of the Suharto era did not halt the staggering economic slide of Indonesia, which now faces its worst economic crisis in decades.
The book was banned for more than 30 years during Suharto era due to its presumably subversive theme.
During the Suharto era the guide book was at times banned.
But his most recent job was running Bulog, the state logistics agency, which was a den of corruption in the Suharto era.
That was the case with most major projects in the Suharto era, and to only a slightly lesser extent remains true today.
However during Suharto era around 1980s, the toll road network system was introduced within the whole Java transportation network.
General Wiranto won the nomination of the Golkar Party, the established political machine from the Suharto era.
Golkar's dominance was so absolute that for most of the Suharto era, Indonesia was effectively a one-party state.
As President, he repealed many of the laws enacted during the Suharto era that discriminated against Chinese Indonesians.
Analysts said foreign investors were generally steering clear of Indonesia as it made a trouble-prone transition from the Suharto era to a more democratic system.