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Joko Widodo

7th President of Indonesia

Incumbent
Assumed office
20 October 2014
Vice President Jusuf Kalla
Preceded by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
14th Governor of Jakarta
In office
15 October 2012 – 16 October 2014
Deputy Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
Preceded by Fauzi Bowo
Succeeded by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
15th Mayor of Surakarta
In office
28 July 2005 – 1 October 2012
Deputy F. X. Hadi Rudyatmo
Preceded by Slamet Suryanto
Succeeded by F. X. Hadi Rudyatmo
Personal details
Mulyono
Born 21 June 1961 (age 57)
Surakarta, Indonesia
Political party PDI-P
Spouse(s) Iriana (m. 1986)
 Gibran Rakabuming Raka
Children Kahiyang Ayu
Kaesang Pangarep
Mother Sujiatmi
Father Notomiharjo
Residence Bogor Palace
Alma mater Gadjah Mada University
Signature
Website Presidential website

This article is part of a series about

Joko Widodo

Pre-presidency

 Surakarta
 Jakarta election
 Governor of Jakarta
o LRT
o MRT

President of Indonesia
Incumbent

 2014 election (campaign)

 2019 election
 Inauguration
 Cabinet
 Jokowi Effect

Policy

 Bali Nine
 High-speed rail
 Trans-Sumatra
 Summits

 ASEAN Summit
 G20 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
 APEC (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
 Presidential trips

Family

 Iriana (wife and first lady)

 Children
o Gibran
o Kahiyang
o Kaesang

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Joko Widodo (born Mulyono;[1] 21 June 1961), also known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian
politician who is 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 achieved national prominence in 2009 for his work as the Mayor of Surakarta. A member
of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was its candidate for the 2012
Jakarta gubernatorial election, alongside Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (often known as Ahok)[2] as
his running mate.[3] Defeating incumbent Fauzi Bowo[4], he took office in October 2012 and
reinvigorated Jakarta politics, with publicized blusukan visits (unannounced spot checks)[5]
and improving the city's bureaucracy, reducing corruption in the process. He also introduced
years-late programs to improve quality of life in the city, including universal health-care,
dredging the city's main river to reduce flooding, and inaugurating construction of the city's
subway system.[6]
Seen as a rising star in Indonesian politics, PDI-P nominated Jokowi for the 2014 presidential
election.[7] Winning a majority of the popular vote, he was named president-elect on 22 July
2014, to bitter protest from his rival Prabowo Subianto, who disputed the outcome and
withdrew from the race before the count was completed.[8][9] As president, Jokowi has
primarily focused on infrastructure, introducing or restarting long-delayed programs to build
highways, high-speed rail, airports and other facilities to improve connectivity in the
Indonesian archipelago.[10] On foreign policy, his administration has placed an emphasis on
"protecting Indonesia’s sovereignty",[11] with the sinking of illegal foreign fishing vessels[12]
and the prescription of capital punishment for drug smugglers, despite intense pressure from
foreign powers including Australia and France.[13][14] After four years in office, Jokowi's
approval ratings remain high, in the high-60s to low-70s. He will seek re-election in 2019.[15]

Contents
 1 Early life and career
o 1.1 Education and business career
 2 Political career
o 2.1 Mayor of Surakarta
o 2.2 Governor of Jakarta
 2.2.1 Healthcare and education
 2.2.2 Finance and transparency
 2.2.3 Other policies
 3 Presidential candidacies
o 3.1 2014
o 3.2 2019
 4 President of Indonesia
o 4.1 Government and cabinet
o 4.2 Economy
o 4.3 Human rights
o 4.4 Foreign policy
 5 Family and personal life
o 5.1 Interest in rock music
 6 Awards and honours
 7 See also
 8 References
 9 Further reading

Early life and career

Joko Widodo was born Mulyono on 21 June 1961, and is of Javanese descent.[1] He is the
eldest of four siblings and is the only son of Noto Mihardjo (father) and Sudjiatmi
Notomihardjo (mother). He has three younger sisters, named Iit Sriyantini, Ida Yati and Titik
Relawati.[16][17] His father came from Karanganyar, while his grandparents came from a
village in Boyolali.[18] At the age of 12, he started working in his father's furniture
workshop.[19][20] The evictions he experienced three times in his childhood affected his way of
thinking - and his leadership later on as the mayor of Surakarta (Solo) - as he organised
housing in the city.[21]
Education and business career

His education began in State Elementary School 111 Tirtoyoso, known for being a school for
less wealthy citizens.[22] He continued his studies in State Junior High School 1 Surakarta.[23]
He had wanted to continue his education in State Senior High School 1 Surakarta but failed
the entrance exam and went to State Senior High School 6 Surakarta instead.[24] Jokowi
graduated from the Forestry faculty at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, in 1985 where
his work included studies and research on the use of plywood. He later began work at PT
Kertas Kraft Aceh, a state-owned firm in the province of Aceh.[25] He worked there between
1986 and 1988, as a supervisor of forestry and raw materials.[26]

Jokowi, however, soon became uninterested in his activities in the firm and returned home.
He then began working in his grandfather's furniture factory for a year before establishing his
own company, Rakabu, whose namesake is his first child. The company, which mainly
focused on teak furniture, nearly went bankrupt at one point, but survived following a Rp 500
million loan from Perusahaan Gas Negara. By 1991, the company began exporting its
products and they were successful in international markets. They were sold, for example, in
France where they first established a presence in the European market. It was a French
customer named Bernard who gave Joko Widodo the nickname he is famous for,
'Jokowi'.[25][27][28]

By 2002, Jokowi had become the chairman of Surakarta's furniture manufacturers

association.[28] Ultimately he decided to become a politician and promote reform in his home
town, Surakarta, after seeing the neat layouts of some European cities while promoting his
furniture there.[20] After becoming mayor, he also made a joint venture with politician and
former lieutenant general Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, when the two founded PT Rakabu
Sejahtera (from Rakabu and Luhut's PT Toba Sejahtera).[29][30]

Political career
Mayor of Surakarta

After first joining PDI-P in 2004, Jokowi ran in the mayoral race in Surakarta in 2005 with F.
X. Hadi Rudyatmo as his running mate, with the support of PDI-P and the National
Awakening Party.[31][32] The pair won 36.62% of the vote against the incumbent Slamet
Suryanto and two other candidates. When Jokowi first ran for the office of mayor, his
background as a property and furniture businessman was questioned. One academic paper
claimed his leadership style was successful because it established an interactive relationship
with the people of Solo, through which he was able to induce people's strong faith in him.[33]
He adopted the development framework of European cities (which he frequently traveled to
as a businessman) as a guide for changes in Surakarta.[34]

Jokowi's policies during the seven years that he was mayor of Surakarta included:[35]

 Building new traditional markets & renovating existing markets

 Constructing a 7-km city walk with a 3-meter wide pedestrian walkway along
Surakarta's main street
 Revitalizing the Balekambang and Sriwedari parks
 Stricter regulations on cutting down trees along the city's main streets
  Rebranding Surakarta as a center of Javanese culture and tourism under the tagline
'The Spirit of Java'
 Promoting the city as a center for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions
(MICE)
 The blusukan culture, the manner in which Jokowi made impromptu visits to certain
areas to listen to people's issues
 Prohibiting his family members from bidding for city projects, therefore suppressing
risk of corruption
 Healthcare & education insurance program for all residents
 A local bus rapid transit system named Batik Solo Trans
 Solo Techno Park, which helped support the Esemka Indonesian car project[36]

His supporters pointed to rapid positive changes in Surakarta under his leadership and the
branding the city with the motto 'Solo: The Spirit of Java'. While in office he successfully
relocated antique stalls in the Banjarsari Gardens without incident, a helpful move in
revitalizing the functions of the open green land; he emphasized the importance of business
firms engaging in community activities; he improved communications with the local
community by appearing regularly on local television. As a follow-up of the new branding of
Surakarta, he applied for Surakarta to become a member of the Organization of World
Heritage Cities, which was approved in 2006, and subsequently had Surakarta chosen to host
the organization's conference in October 2008. In 2007, Surakarta had also hosted the World
Music Festival (Festival Musik Dunia/FMD) which was held at the complex of Fort
Vastenburg near the centre of the city. The FMD in 2008 was held in the Mangkunegaran
Palace Complex.

Part of Jokowi's personal style was his populist 'can-do' (punya gaye) elements designed to
build bonds with the broad electorate.[33] As mayor of Surakarta, he became personally
involved in an incident just before Christmas 2011 when the Surakarta municipality had
overdue bills of close to $1 million (Rp 8.9 billion) owed to the state-owned electricity
company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). Following the electric company's policy of
pursuing a more disciplined approach to collecting overdue bills, it imposed a blackout on
street lights in Surakarta just before Christmas. The city government quickly authorized
payment but in settling the bill protested that the PLN should consider the public interest
before taking this type of action. To reinforce the point, Jokowi made a highly publicized
personal visit to the local PLN office to deliver the Rp 8.9 billion in cash in the form of
hundreds of bundles of notes and even small coins.[37]

In 2010, he was reelected for his second term, once more running with Hadi. The incumbent
pair won 90.09 percent of the votes - losing in only a single polling station.[38] Jokowi was
chosen as the 'Tempo Leader of Choice' by Tempo news magazine (2008) and received a
'Changemakers Award' from Republika newspaper (2010); his name also started being
considered in national polls for governorship of Jakarta long before his party nomination of
him to run for the post, including those by Universitas Indonesia and Cyrus Network
(2011).[33]

Governor of Jakarta
Joko Widodo in his official portrait as Governor of Jakarta (2012)

Jokowi won the 2012 gubernatorial election in Jakarta after a runoff round against incumbent
Fauzi Bowo.[4] His inner circle of advisers in Jakarta was reported to include people such as
FX Hadi 'Rudy' Rudyatmo, Sumartono Hadinoto, and Anggit Nugroho who were colleagues
while he was mayor of Surakarta as well as Ahok, his deputy as governor of Jakarta.[39]
Jokowi continued the blusukan practice he had adopted as mayor of Surakarta by regularly
visiting population centres, especially slums. During these visits, he wore simple informal
clothes and stopped at markets or walked along narrow Jakarta alleys to listen and witness
firsthand about issues addressed by local residents such as the price of food, housing
difficulties, flooding, and transportation. Polling and media coverage suggested that Jokowi's
hands-on style proved very popular both in Jakarta and elsewhere across Indonesia.[40]

On April and June 2013, Jokowi began implementing a system of bureaucratic recruitment
called lelang jabatan (literally 'auction of office position'). This system, which was
previously unknown in Indonesia and is similar to policies of advancement on merit common
for Indonesia's foreign aid donor countries,[41] meant that every civil servant had the same
opportunity to achieve a certain position by fulfilling the required qualifications. The test
results were announced transparently and the provincial government appointed qualified civil
servants in accordance with their achievements and qualifications.[42]

In June 2013, a film titled Jokowi, depicting Widodo's childhood and youth, was released.[43]
Widodo expressed some objections to the film saying that he felt his life had been a simple
one and was not worthy of being adapted into a film.[44]

Healthcare and education

Jokowi on a blusukan neighborhood visit in Jakarta

Shortly after taking office, Jokowi introduced a universal health care program, the 'Healthy
Jakarta Card' (Kartu Jakarta Sehat, KJS). It proved to be popular but there were
implementation problems.[45] The demand for health services from hospitals across Jakarta
rose by 70% in the first few months.[46] KJS involved an insurance program provided through
the state-owned insurance company PT Askes Indonesia (Persero) and a plan to regulate
health charges for treatment for over 20,000 services and procedures.[47] There was confusion
over the details of the implementation of the system and long queues for services caused
dissatisfaction. The long queues even generated a market for middlemen who offered line-
waiting services for up to Rp 150,000 (around $US 15 at end-2013 exchange rates).[48] The
various problems led to criticism of Jokowi in the Jakarta regional parliament that he was
promoting a populist, poorly-designed program. However Jokowi defended KJS and
counseled patience. In education, Jokowi launched 'Smart Jakarta Card' (Kartu Jakarta
Pintar, KJP) on 1 December 2012, in order to help poor students in Jakarta. It gives an
allowance that can be withdrawn from ATMs in order to buy school needs such as books and
uniforms. The usage of the card is constantly monitored and is not allowed to be used for
other purposes.[49]

Finance and transparency

Jokowi meeting visitors to Jakarta near the well-known Selamat Datang Monument in
Central Jakarta

After Jokowi took office, taxes and the provincial budget of Jakarta increased significantly
from Rp 41 trillion in 2012 to Rp 72 trillion in 2014.[50][51] Both Jokowi and Ahok publicized
their monthly salary and the provincial budget.[52][53] They also initiated programs aimed
towards transparency, such as online taxes, e-budgeting, e-purchasing, and a cash
management system.[52] Moreover, all meetings and activities that were attended by Jokowi
and Ahok were recorded and uploaded on YouTube.[54]

Other policies

Jokowi regulated the chaotic agglomeration of street vendors in Pasar Minggu and Pasar
Tanah Abang by relocating them to a new building, as they were causing traffic jams.[55] He
also built and renovated five traditional markets in 2013 and four in 2014.[56][57] The vendors
in these markets are not charged for rent, although they are required to maintain their kiosks
and not sell them. They are only asked to pay for maintenance, electricity, and water costs.[58]

In 2013, Jokowi initiated dredging and reservoir normalization projects in order to reduce the
flooding problem. Three of the most notable projects were the normalization of Pluit
Reservoir, Ria Rio Reservoir, and Pesanggrahan River. These projects involved the relocation
of settlements around the reservoirs, in which Jokowi used the 'lunch diplomacy' tactic to
obtain agreement from the local populace.[59] After the inhabitants of these settlements were
moved to a new location, the dredging commenced and the project was praised by the Prime
Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte as successful.[60] These projects helped to reduce the
extent of flooding in 2014.[61]

On 10 October 2013, Jokowi inaugurated the construction of the Jakarta MRT, which was
previously delayed for years.[62] Subsequently, less than a week later, Jokowi also restarted
the construction of the green line of the Jakarta Monorail,[63] although finally it was
disbanded in favour of the Jakarta LRT.[64]

Presidential candidacies
2014

See also: Indonesian presidential election, 2014 and Joko Widodo presidential campaign,
2014

Megawati Sukarnoputri chose Jokowi to be the presidential candidate of her party.

After hearing the Quick Count results of many different polls, Jokowi declared victory on 9
July. However, his rival Prabowo Subianto also declared victory, leaving Indonesian citizens
confused.[65] On 22 July, hours before the announcement of the election results, Prabowo
withdrew.[66] A victory for Jokowi was expected[67] and realized hours later.[66] The
Commission gave Joko Widodo a close victory of 53.15 percent of the vote (representing
70,997,859 voters), to Prabowo's 46.85 percent (62,576,444 votes),[68] though Prabowo's
camp disputed these totals.[69]

After his victory, Jokowi stated that, growing up under the authoritarian and corrupt New
Order regime, he would have never expected someone with a lower-class background to
become president. The New York Times reported him as saying "now, it's quite similar to
America, yeah? There is the American dream, and here we have the Indonesian dream".[70]
Jokowi was the first Indonesian president to not come from the military or the political elite,
and the political commentator Salim Said gave the popular view of the politician as "someone
who is our neighbor, who decided to get into politics and run for president".[70]

2019

See also: Indonesian general election, 2019

In 2018, Widodo announced that he would run for re-election in the 2019 presidential
election. His vice president Jusuf Kalla was not seen as eligible for another term because of
the term limits set for the positions of president and vice-president. (Jusuf Kalla had already
served a five-year term as vice-president Yudhoyono from 2004 to 2009.) Speculation as to
who Jokowi might select as his running mate focused on several candidates including
Mahfud MD, a former defence minister and chief justice of the Constitutional Court.

On 9 August 2018, in a surprise move, Widodo announced that Ma'ruf Amin would be his
running mate. Mahfud had been reported to be preparing himself to become Jokowi's vice
presidential candidate but, following a push by several constituent parties of Widodo's
governing coalition and influential Islamic figures, Ma'ruf was selected instead.[71]
Explaining his decision, Jokowi referred to Ma'ruf's extensive experience in government and
religious affairs.[72]

President of Indonesia

Joko Widodo taking the presidential oath of office during his inauguration on 20 October
2014

Government and cabinet

See also: Working Cabinet (Joko Widodo) and Inauguration of Joko Widodo

Widodo's initial cabinet in 2014

The first year of Jokowi's administration saw him controlling a minority government, until
Golkar, the second largest party in the People's Representative Council, switched from
opposition to government. Jokowi denied accusations of having interfered with Golkar's
internal affairs, although admitted that Luhut Pandjaitan may have influenced the change.[73]
His cabinet's Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto was elected chairman of Golkar in
2018.[74] The National Mandate Party (PAN) had also switched sides beforehand, but later
returned to becoming opposition in 2018.[75][76]

Jokowi announced the 34 names in his cabinet on 26 October 2014.[77] While the cabinet was
praised for inclusiveness of women, with Retno Marsudi becoming Indonesia's first female
foreign minister, it received criticism for several perceived political inclusions such as Puan
Maharani (daughter of Megawati Sukarnoputri).[78] Widodo's presidency also saw the
formation of two new ministries (Ministry of Public Works and Housing and Ministry of
Environment and Forestry) from merger of old ministries, in addition to renaming and
reorganization of other ministries.[79] In total, he conducted three cabinet reshuffles until
2018, removing ministers such as Rizal Ramli and Bambang Brodjonegoro while including
ministers such as Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and World Bank Director Sri Mulyani
Indrawati.[80]
He came under fire from his own political party for other policy weakness and one lawmaker
said he should be impeached.[81] On 9 April 2015 during PDI-P congress, his party's chair,
former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, alluded to him as a functionary. Megawati noted
the mechanism of presidential election is that a presidential candidate should be nominated
by a political party, as a hint that Jokowi presidential position was owed to his PDI-P
nomination; thus implying that it is natural for the president to carry out the Party's political
policy line.[82][83] Several months prior, Megawati and Jokowi had disputed over the
appointment of a new police chief, with Megawati supporting her former adjutant Budi
Gunawan while Jokowi supported Badrodin Haiti.[73][84][85]

Economy

Prior to taking office, Jokowi sought for outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to
take responsibility for the decision to further increase fuel prices[86] by further removing
subsidies.[87] Previous attempts by his predecessor to do so had resulted in civil unrest.[86] On
1 January 2015, Jokowi took measures which on the surface appeared to reduce fuel
subsidies.[88][89] The policy stirred up some demonstrations, with Jokowi citing it as necessary
to increase funding for the infrastructure, education and health sectors.[90] However, since
March 2015, the government has set the price of Premium-branded gasoline far below the
market price causing the fuel subsidy to be incurred by state-owned oil company Pertamina
instead of the direct government account.[91] In addition, the government also implemented a
single-price program, aiming to sell fuel through official channels at the same price nationally
including in isolated parts of Kalimantan and Papua. The government claimed that this was
achieved in 2017.[92]

In the first quarter of 2015, year-on-year GDP grew 4.92%, and in the second quarter, it grew
4.6%, the lowest figure since 2009.[93][94][95] Since then, growth has remained above the 5%
mark, which is still below what is considered healthy economic growth mark of 6%.[96] The
Indonesian rupiah has also weakened throughout his administration, with its exchange rate
per US dollar briefly passing Rp. 15,000 in 2018, the lowest level since the 1997 Asian
financial crisis.[97] The year-on-year inflation in June 2015 was 7.26%, higher than in May
(7.15%) and June the year before (6.7%).[98]

Infrastructure development has been a major feature of the Jokowi administration, with a
focus on road and railway expansion, seaports and airports development, and irrigation. In
2016, the state budget allocated Rp 290 trillion (US$22 billion) for infrastructure, the biggest
in Indonesian history.[99] In total, his administration planned 265 infrastructure projects
starting in 2016.[100] In September 2015, Indonesia awarded a $5.5 billion high-speed rail
project to China,[101][102] to Japan's disappointment, who is also vying for the project.[103]
Indonesia’s transportation ministry laid out a litany of shortcomings in plans for the project,
casting doubt on the project and spotlighting Jokowi’s limits in turning mega-projects into
reality as he tries to draw foreign investors.[104] Other major projects include the completion
of the 4,325-kilometer Trans Papua road and the Trans-Java Toll Road,[105][106] initial
construction of the Trans-Sulawesi Railway[107] and the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road,[108] a USD
50 billion plan to develop the maritime sector including 24 "strategic ports",[109] and
expansion of airport capacity in remote areas.[110]

In addition to the major projects, the administration also implemented a village fund program
in which villages across the country received funding to allocate on basic infrastructure such
as roads and water supply, in addition to tourism development and village enterprises. On
average, each village were assigned Rp 800 million (USD 60,000) a year.[111] Starting in
2018, the program also included a cash for work (padat karya tunai) scheme aimed to
improve rural economies.[112] Between 2015 and 2018, Rp 187 trillion (USD 14 billion) had
been reallocated through the program.[113] Jokowi also targeted to streamline land
certification across the country, aiming to completely distribute certificates of land ownership
across the country. This involved increasing the issuing rate of certificates from around
500,000 to several million annually.[114][115] In 2016, the administration signed into law a tax
amnesty bill following a lengthy public debate and push back, giving wealthy Indonesians a
chance to declare their unreported assets before the government would strengthen rules and
oversight around imports and exports. It became the most successful program of its kind in
history, with over Rp. 4,865 trillion (approximately $366 billion USD) of previously
unreported assets declared to the tax office.[116][117]

Jokowi's administration continued the resource nationalism policy of the previous

administration, nationalizing some assets controlled by multinational companies such as
Freeport McMoRan, Total SA and Chevron. In 2018, in a move aimed to cut imports, oil
companies operating in Indonesia were ordered to sell their crude oil to state-owned
Pertamina.[118]

Human rights

See also: Bali Nine and Capital punishment in Indonesia

Jokowi with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, 9 September 2016

Judicial executions in Indonesia are carried out pursuant to a Presidential Decree following a
death sentence imposed by a trial court.[119] Jokowi has stated that he refused to grant any
clemency for drug offenders facing execution, and argued that Indonesia was in a state of
emergency over drug-related crimes, citing statistics Jakarta Globe reported to be
faulty.[120][121] This stance drew criticism not only as it could harm Indonesia's foreign
relations with the native countries of the condemned convicts,[122] but also because it imperils
Indonesia's own citizens facing the death penalty abroad.[123][124]

After multiple executions in 2015, Australia, Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their
ambassadors from Indonesia,[13][125] Australia reduced its foreign aid to Indonesia by nearly
half,[126] and Amnesty International issued a condemnation saying they showed a "complete
disregard for due process and human rights safeguards.".[127] Former Indonesian
constitutional court chief justice Jimly Asshiddiqie, who was a key player in the anti-death
penalty lobby in Jakarta, said the push for the execution of Australians Myuran Sukumaran
and Andrew Chan had come from Jokowi personally,[128] with the Sydney Morning Herald
reporting that Jokowi did not have or read related documents when he refused their clemency
requests.[129] In the same year, Jokowi granted Frenchman Serge Atlaoui and Filipino Mary
Jane Veloso temporary reprieves due to pending legal appeals.[129] As of 2017, around 260
people remain on death row in Indonesia.[130]

In early 2016, his administration proposed a new anti-terrorism law to replace the previous
one made in 2003. Following the Surabaya bombings of 2018, the worst terrorist attack on
Indonesian soil since the 2002 Bali bombings, the controversial bill passed, allowing the
Indonesian National Armed Forces to participate in counter-terrorism activities given
presidential approval and police requests.[131] The law also allowed extended detention of
terrorism suspects, and permitted the use of wiretapping without initial court approval.[132]
Jokowi himself threatened to issue a replacement law (Perppu) if the bill did not pass the
parliament by June that year.[133] He also supported a controversial 2017 bill on mass
organizations, which upon passing saw the Indonesian branch of the Hizb ut-Tahrir being
disbanded. He stated that the law was a necessity to defend the national ideology
Pancasila.[134]

Foreign policy

See also: List of international presidential trips made by Joko Widodo

Joko Widodo and Russian President Vladimir Putin, 20 May 2016

Joko Widodo and Salman of Saudi Arabia, 1 March 2017

Prior to Jokowi's election, Indonesia's foreign policy under former President Yudhoyono was
moulded by the mission statement, "A thousand friends and zero enemies".[135] Jokowi has
mandated a three-pronged policy of maintaining Indonesia’s sovereignty, enhancing the
protection of Indonesian citizens, and intensifying economic diplomacy.[11]

Jokowi aspires Indonesia to become a global maritime power, (Indonesian: poros maritim
dunia or global maritime axis). He sees the sea would have an increasingly important role in
Indonesia's future, and that as a maritime country, Indonesia must assert itself as a force
between the two oceans: the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The five pillars of this
maritime-axis doctrine are rebuilding Indonesia's maritime culture, maintaining and
managing marine resources, developing maritime infrastructure and connectivity as well as
developing the shipping industry and maritime tourism, inviting other nations to cooperate in
the marine field and eliminate the source of conflicts at sea, and developing maritime defense
forces.[136] As part of this vision, Jokowi has adopted a tougher stance on illegal fishing.[137]
He stated that Jakarta can no longer tolerate a situation where over 5,000 ships operate
illegally in its waters every day, making a mockery out of Indonesian sovereignty and
resulting in annual losses of over $20 billion.[138][139]
On the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, particularly in the Natuna Islands where
China's nine-dash line intercepts Indonesian EEZ claims, Jokowi stated that "there will be no
compromise on sovereignty",[140] and renamed Indonesia's section of the waters in the South
China Sea as "North Natuna Sea".[141] In June 2016, he held a cabinet meeting off the islands
aboard an Indonesian Navy corvette, calling to step up maritime patrols in the area.[142]

In the Muslim world, Jokowi released a statement calling for the Muslim leaders at the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit meeting in Jakarta to unite in reconciliation and
push for Palestinian independence.[143] Under Jokowi, Indonesia's foreign Minister has visited
Palestine, but refused entreaties to establish bilateral diplomatic relations with Israel.[144]
Jokowi also condemned the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and oversaw the
departure of four Indonesian Air Force transport planes with 34 tons of relief supplies for
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.[145][146]

Family and personal life

Jokowi married his wife Iriana in 1986. The couple have three children. Their first son,
Gibran Rakabuming (born 1 October 1987) runs a catering and wedding-planning business in
Surakarta; he studied abroad in Sydney and Singapore (at the Management Development
Institute of Singapore, MDIS). On 11 June 2015, he married Selvi Ananda (born 9 January
1989), a former beauty pageant winner. Their only daughter, Kahiyang Ayu was born on 20
April 1991. She completed an undergraduate degree in food technology at the state-owned
Sebelas Maret University in Surakarta. She married Bobby Nasution, a Bataknese
businessman on 8 November 2017.[147][148] Their last son, Kaesang Pangarep was born on 25
December 1994 and like his elder brother completed his high school years in ACS
International, Singapore.[149] Jokowi has two grandchildren, born in 2016 and 2018 from
Gibran and Kahiyang, respectively. Gibran's son, Jan Ethes Srinarendra, was born on 10
March; Kahiyang gave birth to a baby girl named Sedah Mirah Nasution on 1 August.[150]

Jokowi has been described as "Muslim but broadly secular in his outlook".[151]

Interest in rock music

According to The Economist, Jokowi "has a penchant for loud rock music" and owned a bass
guitar signed by Robert Trujillo of heavy metal band Metallica, that was confiscated by the
anti-corruption commission, KPK.[152] He is also a fan of Lamb of God, Led Zeppelin and
Napalm Death. On 2 November 2013, while he was the Governor of Jakarta, he was seen in
the rock festival Rock in Solo in casual dress.[153] In November 2017, Danish Prime Minister
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who was on an official visit to Jakarta, gave Jokowi a Metallica
Master of Puppets vinyl box set as a diplomatic gift. It was signed by the band's drummer and
co-founder, Lars Ulrich, a Danish native.[154] In accordance to his policy of transparency,
Widodo paid 11 million rupiah ($800) out of his personal funds to claim the record, which
had been declared a state asset in order to avoid accusations of corruption.[155]

Awards and honours

National honours

 Indonesia
 o Star of Service Rank of Utama – 2011[156]
o Star of the Republic of Indonesia Rank of Adipurna – 2014[citation needed]

Foreign honours

 Brunei
o The Most Esteemed Family Order of Brunei (DK) – 7 February
2015[157][158]
 Saudi Arabia
o Order of Abdulaziz al Saud - 12 September 2015[159]
 East Timor
o Great-collar of the Order of Timor-Leste - 26 January 2016[160]
 Sweden
o Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim - 22 May 2017[161]
 Afghanistan
o Medal of Ghazi Amanullah - 29 January 2018[162]

Other

2008: Listed by Tempo as one of the 'Top 10 Indonesian Mayors of 2008'.[163]

2012: Ranked 3rd at the 2012 World Mayor Prize for "transforming a crime-ridden city into a
regional center for art and culture and an attractive city to tourists".[164]

2013: Listed as one of "The Leading Global Thinkers of 2013" in Foreign Policy magazine.
In February 2013 he was nominated as the global mayor of the month by the City Mayors
Foundation, based in London.[165]

2014: Listed by Fortune as one of 'The World's 50 Greatest Leaders'.[166]

2016-2017: List by "The Muslim 500" as one of the most influential Muslims in the world,
which ranked 11 in 2016 and 13 in 2017.[167][168]

See also
 Indonesia portal

 Jokowi Effect

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Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joko Widodo.

 Majeed, Rushda (2012). "The City With a Short Fuse." Foreign Policy. September.
 Majeed, Rushda (2012). "Defusing a Volatile City, Igniting Reforms: Joko Widodo
and Surakarta, Indonesia, 2005–2011." Innovations for Successful Societies.
Princeton University. Published July.
 McCawley, Peter (2014). Joko Widodo's Indonesia: Possible future paths, Australian
Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra.
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Slamet Suryanto 2005–2012 F. X. Hadi Rudyatmo

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Fauzi Bowo 2012–2014 Basuki Tjahaja Purnama

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