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Political prisoners of this leader’s regime wrote songs for the album Prison Songs: Songs That Were Silenced, released by the organization Taman ‘65. This leader’s “dual function” policy gave his country’s military a monopoly (-5[1])on top government jobs. This leader’s official narrative of the coup that brought him to power was challenged by Ruth McVey and Benedict Anderson (15[1])in the (*) Cornell (10[1]-5[1])Paper. This (-5[1])leader liberalized his country’s economy with the assistance (-5[1])of the “Berkeley Mafia.” (-5[2])The CIA (10[2])assisted in this leader’s killings (10[1])of upward of a million suspected communists after an attempted coup by the 30th of September movement. This man’s government committed numerous atrocities during its invasion and occupation of Timor-Leste. (10[1])For 10 points, name this leader who succeeded Sukarno to become (10[1])the second president of Indonesia. ■END■

ANSWER: Suharto
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
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