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Abstract

1999, Oct. 25 Abdurrahman Wahid, chairman of the large Islamic association Nahdatul Ulama and leader of the Party ofNational Awakening is elected as Indonesia's fourth president by the People's Consultative Assembly; he nominates Megawati Sukamoputri, runner-up in the presidential contest, as vice president. InterFET forces make an amphibious landing at Oecussi, the East Timorese enclave in West Timor, discovering that destruction prior to Indonesian withdrawal had left only one building in the town with a roof. Xanana Gusmao returns to East Timor after seven years. Security Council resolution 1272 establishes the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (Untaet). ABRl