Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor following the ouster of dictator Suharto, was buried on Thursday in a state funeral with full military honors.
Thousands of mourners lined the streets of the capital, Jakarta, to watch the motorcade carrying the body of Indonesia's third president to the Kalibata heroes' cemetery. Many called out the name of the man whose presidency was the shortest in modern Indonesian history but was transformative.
President Joko Widodo led the ceremony, attended by more than 700 politicians, government officials, foreign diplomats and public figures, including former presidents Megawati Soekarnoputri and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"He is a true statesman, an inspirator, a scientist who believes that without love intelligence is dangerous," Widodo said in a farewell speech.
"He is truly a role model for all of the nation's children ... surely Indonesia has lost one of its best sons."
"Truly his death was a great loss." Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Twitter early Thursday: "He led the Republic of Indonesia at a time of massive change. His courage and vision during the period of reformation were appreciated in Australia."
"Not only Indonesian people lost him, but we also lost him," East Timor Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak wrote on Twitter. "He gave us two options and now East Timor is a free and independent nation. Farewell Mr. Habibie."