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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 (-5[1])a monopoly on top government (15[1])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 Paper. This leader liberalized his country’s economy with the assistance of the “Berkeley (-5[1])Mafia.” (10[1])The CIA assisted in this leader’s killings 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. For 10 points, (10[1])name this leader who succeeded Sukarno to become the second president of Indonesia. ■END■ (10[1])

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