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Leadership has been a study for a very long time, with lots of perspectives and researches on its impacts on human development. Leadership theories and the trait, characteristic and style and values of a leader such as proposed by Yukl (2008); Hugh; Ginnet&Curphy (2012); Robbins&Judge (2008); Luthans (2011), Kreitner&Kinicky (2012); McShane&Glinow (2008); Schemerhorn, Hunts&Osborn (2008); Robbins&Judge (2008), Hugh, Ginnet&Curphy, are theories used to analyze the leadership style and behavior of the former Indonesia president Soeharto’s leadership and the result for human development during his order. This qualitative research uses the Milles-Huberman analytical method. Interviews to former Soeharto’s cabinet ministers and document’s analysis will be used as the data gathering for this research. The results is that the characteristic of Soeharto’s leadership somewhat are match to the theories proposed.
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