The country’s former defense minister won the March presidential election with the support of outgoing president Joko Widodo.
Indonesia has a new president Prabowo Subianto has taken office on Sunday after the transition period after the elections at the beginning of the year.
The 73-year-old Prabowo is the country’s former defense minister and former general, who has also been accused of human rights violations during his military career.
In the presidential elections in March, he campaigned with a campaign tinged with nationalism, which relied on the image of his tenure as defense minister as a tough user of power.
Prabowo won the election in its first round, the outgoing president, Either Widodo under the auspices of. He received nearly 60 percent of the vote, although opponents claimed the election process contained exceptions and possible electoral fraud.
Prabowo is the eighth president of Indonesia. His predecessor Joko Widodo managed to rule the country for ten years.
Source: AFP, Reuters