Those groups were big winners in the transition to democracy. In the nine years since the fall of its last autocrat, Suharto, who limited religious expression in the name of nationalism, Indonesia has had three fair and open presidential elections, one of which put a woman in the presidency.
Gerard, aka William Louis-Dreyfus, the French-born billionaire collector and philanthropist, died on September 16 at the age of 84. By artnet News, Mar 4, 2015. Her father made headlines in early 2015 when he announced his decision to donate proceeds from the sale of his 3,500-piece art collection to the charity Harlem Childrenâs Zone.
Antoine Lavoisier. Antoine Lavoisier was a French chemist who helped develop the science into its modern form. He is frequently considered the âfather of modern chemistry,â and he was responsible for naming the elements hydrogen and oxygen. He was also one of the supporters of the metric system of measurements. Lavoisier, as a tax collector and nobleman, was arrested after the French Revolution and was executed in 1794.