Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born September 9, 1949 in Pacitan , East Java ) is an Indonesian politician and was president of his country from October 2004 to October 2014. Yudhoyono is nicknamed the "thinking general". In the media, but also popularly, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos is also abbreviated as SBY.

family

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono comes from a family of officers. His father was a retired lieutenant. In 1973 he married Kristiani (Ani) Herrawati, the daughter of the then Colonel and later General Sarwo Edhie, who had carried out operations in Irian Jaya as commander of the Red Berrets in 1969 under the Act of Free Choice .

military service

Cadet First Sergeant Major ("Sersan Mayor Satu Taruna") Yudhoyono (1973)

In 1973, Yudhoyono graduated from the Indonesian Army Military Academy and became a four-star general throughout his career . In 1975 he was involved in the invasion of East Timor ( Operation Seroja ). Later he was in command of the 744 Infantry Battalion stationed in Dili (1986–1988). In the 1980s he taught at Army Staff Command College ( Seskoad ). Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono worked worldwide as a military observer, for example in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1995/96) and in the mid-1990s at the Territorial Command in Jakarta and South Sumatra (Pangdam II / Sriwijaya). In 1997 he became Chief of the Armed Forces Social and Political Affairs Staff ( Kassospol Abri ). In between, he completed military courses in the United States and Europe and earned an MA in business management from Webster University . During Operation Donner , Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was Lieutenant General Military Chief for Territorial Affairs, which is why critics ascribe at least part of the responsibility for the wave of violence that killed around 3,000 people. After the Indonesians withdrew from East Timor , he defended the human rights violations during the occupation as not so bad compared to the events in Rwanda , Bosnia-Herzegovina or Nazi Germany . He spoke of a "conspiracy, an international movement (...) that wants to sideline Indonesia with these events."

minister

In the cabinet of Abdurrahman Wahid , Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was appointed Mining Minister in October 1999. In August 2000 he became the coordinating minister for politics and security. Under international pressure, he assumed responsibility for the murder of Western aid workers in West Timor by pro-Indonesian militias from East Timor the following month. After initially denying their existence, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono disarmed the militias. On April 1, 2000, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono retired from active military service.

Until March 2004 he remained the coordinating minister for politics and security in the cabinet of President Megawati Sukarnoputri . In 2004 he prevailed in the first direct election for Indonesian President in the second ballot against Megawati Sukarnoputri. He was supported by three parties, including the Democratic Party he founded .

Presidency

In the second direct election for the Indonesian President, which took place on July 8, 2009, in the first ballot he clearly prevailed against his opponents, the former President Megawati Sukarnoputri and his candidate for Vice-President Jusuf Kalla from the influential Golkar . After Vice President Kalla ran against him, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ran with the new Vice President candidate Boediono , the former governor of Bank Indonesia .

During Yudhoyono's tenure, the number of attacks by Sunni Muslims on religious minorities increased. The economy slowly got out of step, so the IDX slipped back to the previous year's level (as of June 18, 2012).

Awards

Publications

  • Transforming Indonesia: Selected international Speeches , Buana Ilmu Populer, Jakarta 2005, ISBN 979-694-876-1
  • Indonesia on the Move: Selected Speeches and Articles by the President of the Republic of Indonesia , Bhuana Ilmu Populer, Jakarta 2006, ISBN 979-798-171-1
  • Indonesia Unggul , 2008

music

Yudhoyono is a passionate hobby musician, he was a member of a band in his youth. During his presidency he has now released three CDs with love ballads and religious songs. Although he is known for singing during election campaigns, he himself is not heard on the CDs. Although he wrote and composed all the songs on his CDs himself, he regularly leaves the vocal parts to well-known Indonesian musicians.

literature

Web links

Commons : Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Masters of Terror: LtGen Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ( Memento from June 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  2. ↑ Amanda Kovacs: Religious Discrimination in Indonesia - Ambivalent Legal Situation and Political Passivity. GIGA Focus Asia, No. 11/2012.
  3. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.idx.co.id
  4. ↑ Jornal da República: Decreto do Presidente da República nº 55/2012 de 19 de Maio , accessed on April 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ Indonesia portal: SBY makes music
  6. ↑ Huffington Post: SBY releases third album
personal data
SURNAME Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indonesian politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Pacitan , East Java