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

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

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.

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