B. J. Habibie

His Excellency Prof Dr. Ing H. B. J. Habibie
3rd President of Indonesia
In office 21 May 1998 – 20 October 1999
Vice President	none
Preceded by	Soeharto
Succeeded by	Abdurrahman Wahid
7th Vice President of Indonesia
In office 11 March 1998 – 21 May 1998
President	Soeharto
Preceded by	Try Sutrisno
Succeeded by	Megawati Soekarnoputri
4th State Minister for Research and Technology of Indonesia
In office 29 March 1978 – 16 March 1998
President	Soeharto
Preceded by	Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo
Succeeded by	Rahardi Ramelan
Personal details
Born	Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (1936-06-25)June 25, 1936 Parepare, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Died	September 11, 2019(2019-09-11) (aged 83) Jakarta, Indonesia
Cause of death	Heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy
Political party	Golkar
Spouse(s)	Hasri Ainun Besari ​ ​ (m. 1962; died 2010)​
Children	Ilham Akbar Habibie (b. 1963) Thareq Kemal Habibie (b. 1966)
Mother	Tuti Marini Puspowardojo
Father	Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie
Alma mater	Bandung Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering 1954) RWTH (B.E. 1955) RWTH (Ing. 1962)
Occupation	Engineer Aviation industrialist Politician
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Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (25 June 1936 - 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian engineer who was President of Indonesia from May 21, 1998 to October 20, 1999.

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Political offices
Preceded by Soeharto	President of Indonesia 1998 - 1999	Succeeded by Abdurrahman Wahid
Preceded by Try Sutrisno	Vice President of Indonesia 1998	Vacant Title next held by Megawati Soekarnoputri
Preceded by Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo	State Minister for Research and Technology of Indonesia 1978 - 1998	Succeeded by Rahardi Ramelan
Government offices
New title	Head of Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology 1974 - 1998	Succeeded by Rahardi Ramelan