President B. J. Habibie Bridge

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The President B. J. Habibie Bridge (Ponte Presidente B. J. Habibie, Tetum: Ponte Presidente B. J. Habibie) is a two-lane road bridge in the suco of Bidau Santana, an inner suburb of Dili, capital city of Timor-Leste. It is named after B. J. Habibie (1936–2019), the President of Indonesia who decided in 1999 to hold that year's referendum on whether East Timor would become independent of Indonesia. In 1998, Habibie had been Vice President to Suharto, the Indonesian President who had initiated and presided over the Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor. Between 1978 and 1998, Habibie was a Minister in Suharto's government, and he was closely associated with Suharto from the 1950s.

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