The Indonesian Presidency

This pioneering study of the Indonesian presidency significantly redefines our understanding of Indonesian politics from independence to the present. Angus McIntyre blends political biography with constitutional history to locate Indonesian leaders within both Indonesian cultural frameworks and the global biographical literature on political leaders.

Angus McIntyre is senior lecturer in the Department of Politics at LaTrobe University.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Return to the 1945 Constitution
Part 3 Part I
Chapter 4 The Personal Rule of Sukarno
Chapter 5 Suffering from the Quiet: Sukarno's Desolation and His Politics of Being Central
Chapter 6 Aging and Fear of Death: Sukarno's Politics of Rejuvenation and His Quest for Immortality
Chapter 7 Sukarno: Abandoned by History?
Part 8 Part II
Chapter 9 The Personal Rule of Soeharto
Chapter 10 Soeharto's Composure
Part 11 Part III
Chapter 12 Megawati and the Emergence of Constitutional Rule
Chapter 13 Childhood and Youth of Megawati Sukarnoputri
Chapter 14 Megawati Sukarnoputri's Political Apprenticeship
Chapter 15 Challenging Soeharto
Chapter 16 The Fall of Soeharto
Chapter 17 Democracy Returns
Chapter 18 A Female President?
Chapter 19 Megawati Sukarnoputri as Vice President
Chapter 20 President Megawati Sukarnoputri
Chapter 21 Conclusion
Chapter 22 Postscript: The Indonesian Parliamentary Elections of 2004