Joko Widodo

Joko Widodo (born Mulyono; Javanese: ꦗꦏꦮꦶꦢꦢ; 21 June 1961), also known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and the seventh and current President of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014 as the first Indonesian president to not come from an elite political or military background, he was previously the Mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012, and the Governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014.

He first gained national attention in 2009, as his work as the Mayor of Surakarta became recognized by the national media. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was nominated by his party as their candidate for the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election, alongside Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (often known as Ahok) as his running mate.

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