History of Life the Third President of the Indonesia Republic BJ Habibie Part 2 (End)

BJ Habibie's return to Indonesia

N250 Gatot Kaca

BJ Habibie's biography continued after he returned to Indonesia. In Indonesia, Habibie then served as Minister of Research and Technology / Head of BPPT for 20 years and led the BUMN Strategic Industry for 10 years. In 1995, he succeeded in leading an aircraft manufacturing project called the N250 Gatot Kaca which became the first aircraft made in Indonesia

The aircraft that was designed by BJ Habibie was not an aircraft that was made haphazardly but had been carefully thought out and designed with the knowledge possessed by BJ Habibie. The plane he created was arguably capable of flying without excessive hopping with sophisticated and sophisticated technology at the time and was even prepared for the next 30 years. To complete the initial design, BJ Habibie needed 5 years. This aircraft is also the only turboprop aircraft in the world that uses Fly By Wire technology.

At that time the Gatot Glass N250 had flown up to 900 hours and was one more step to being able to enter the certification for the Federal Aviation Administration. In his day, PT IPTN had built aircraft factories to America and Europe to seize the country's market. Even so many people underestimate aircraft made in Indonesia. Under the command of BJ Habibie, IPTN managed to employ up to 16,000 people.

But unfortunately, when IPTN won, President Soeharto actually ordered the closure of IPTN along with other strategic industries due to the monetary crisis in 1996 to 1998. As many as 16,000 IPTN employees were forced to spread to aircraft factories in other countries to seek sustenance. in the territory of Brazil, Canada, Europe to America. Even worse, Indonesia is buying airplanes from that country. Regrettably.

Bj Habibie the third president of the Republic of Indonesia

After IPTN was closed, BJ Habibie was then still the Minister of Research and Technology. He was then appointed as Vice President on March 14, 1998, to accompany President Suharto. But only a few months after he took office, political turmoil was inevitable and reached its peak. President Suharto, who has been named president for decades, finally resigned with his resignation on May 21, 1998.

President Soeharto's resignation automatically made BJ Habibie officially replace him in the number one seat in Indonesia. He became the third President in RI. BJ Habibie only served for one year, where he inherited conditions when Indonesia was in chaos and many regions wanted to flee Indonesia. The condition of Indonesia at that time was really apprehensive.

Even so, BJ Habibie still tried to rebuild Indonesia. Some important decisions made were the enactment of the Law on Regional Autonomy. He was also able to free his people to aspire so that Indonesia could create many new political parties that emerged. At that time the Indonesian currency in foreign currency, which reached 15 thousand rupiah/dollar, could be reduced to just under 10,000 rupiah. He was able to liquidate the problem banks at the time.

However, BJ Habibie was forced to resign at that time after the general assembly of the MPR in 1999. The speech of accountability he gave was rejected by the MPR because East Timor was separated from Indonesia at that time. After his position was released, KH Abdurrahman Wahid became his successor President. BJ Habibie had returned to being an ordinary Indonesian citizen and resettled in Germany even though he occasionally returned to Indonesia.

Death of a beloved wife

After a long hearing, on May 22, 2010, there was shocking news that his faithful wife accompanied him, Hasri Ainun Habibie, who had died in Germany due to ovarian cancer. Ainun died on Saturday at 17.30 German time. The certainty of Ainun's death was obtained from Ali Mochtar Ngabalin as a former member of Parliament who was also a family representative from BJ Habibie. This is a very deep sadness for the former President of Indonesia.

For BJ Habibie, Ms. Ainun is everything to him. He once said that Ainun was the eye to see his life. Ms. Ainun is also a filler of love in her life both in times of hardship and even pleasure. In 48 years of marriage, BJ Habibie and Ainun never separated. Ms. Ainun always followed BJ Habibie with patience and love. Even BJ Habibie himself did not know about ovarian cancer suffered by his wife and only knew 3 days before Ainun died because of Ms. Ainun never complained. How sick BJ Habibie was at that time.

BJ Habibie's biography was formed in a film

BJ Habibie's struggle as a child of the nation who always tried to achieve its goals for the progress of Indonesia's development was indeed full of sharp life changes. Many life experiences can be learned from his hard work while attending school in Germany, the struggle in the political arena, to his loyal and loving love for his unparalleled wife, making his story worthy of being known by all Indonesians who were formed into a film called Habibie and Ainun.

BJ Habibie's biography was aired in early December 2012 with true visionary stories and the romance of his love life filled with blue emotions and the struggle from adolescents to the death of Mrs. Ainun. The film, directed by Hanung Bramantyo and Faozan Rizal, stars Indonesian top artists Reza Rahadian and Bunga Citra Lestari. The film attracted more than 4.5 million viewers, making it one of the best-selling Indonesian films of all time.