1996 in Indonesia

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The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Indonesia.

• President: Suharto^[1]
• Vice President: Try Sutrisno^[2]
• Chief Justice: Suryono (until November 1), Sarwata (starting November 1)^[3]

• January 8 – Mapenduma hostage crisis: The Free Papua Movement took 26 members of a World Wildlife Fund research mission captive at Mapenduma, Jayawijaya in Irian Jaya (now Papua Province), Indonesia.^[4]
• January 19 – An Indonesian ferry sinks off the northern tip of Sumatra, drowning more than 100 people.

• February 17 – The 8.2 M_w  Biak earthquake strikes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured.^[5][6]

• July 27 – Indonesian government forces attacked the head office of the Indonesian Democratic Party, which was being occupied by supporters of recently ousted party leader Megawati Sukarnoputri.^[7][8]

• August 1 – A pro-democracy demonstration supporting Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia is broken up by riot police.
• August 13 – Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, an Indonesian journalist, was attacked at his house by two unidentified assailants. He died three days later.^[9][10][11]

• February 13 – Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Indonesian badminton player^[12]

• October 13 – Terens Puhiri, Indonesian footballer^[13]
• October 20 – Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player^[14]

• November 1 – Sean Gelael, Indonesian racing driver^[15]

• April 28 – Siti Hartinah, 2nd First Lady of Indonesia, wife of Suharto (b. 1923)^[16]

• May 23 – Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and human rights activist (b. 1934)^[17]

• August 16 – Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, Indonesian journalist (b. 1963)^[11]