She can still expect trouble from Golkar, however, as well as from the staunchly Islamist factions that backed Mr Haz.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia

Mr Haz himself said two years ago, when Mr Wahid pipped Miss Megawati to the presidency, that a woman was not fit to lead Indonesia.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia

In the final round, Hamzah Haz, the leader of the moderately Islamist United Development Party, soundly defeated Akbar Tandjung, the speaker of parliament and the head of Suharto's old party, Golkar.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia

So far, he has replaced one minister (Muslim party leader Hamzah Haz), suspended another (Wiranto) and severely trimmed the bureaucratic powers of a third (state secretary Ali Rahman, who has since resigned).

CNN: Securing His Place

Some provincial parliaments started passing local Shariah bylaws and Hamzah Haz, the vice-president under Ms. Megawati a secularist who was appointed president by Indonesia's parliament in 2001 came from an Islamist party that was part of Ms. Megawati's coalition.

WSJ: Indonesia Polls Show Hard-Line Islamists Losing Ground

Habibie one day, then the next with fellow Muslim oppositionist Amien Rais of the National Mandate Party (PAN in Indonesian) as well as Muslim-linked United Development Party (PPP) head Hamzah Haz, whose party is expected to ally with Habibie's ruling Golkar.

CNN: INTELLIGENCE