Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

General **Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono** (born 9 September 1949), is an Indonesian retired military general and politician. He was the sixth President of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the first president to be elected directly by voters. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the presidency on 20 September 2004. He defeated President Megawati Soekarnoputri.

## Life

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was born on 9 September 1949, in Tremas, a village in Arjosari, Pacitan Regency, East Java, to a lower-middle-class family. His father was a Javanese man named Raden Soekotjo (1925 – 4 August 2001), whose lineage can be traced to Hamengkubuwono II, while his mother was a Javanese woman named Siti Habibah (30 June 1932 – 30 August 2019).

He service in military 1973 to 2000, Yudhoyono ended his military career with the rank of lieutenant general, although he would be made honorary general in 2000.

### Political

Yudhoyono was appointed mining and energy minister in the cabinet of President Abdurrahman Wahid in 1999. According to General Wiranto, who assisted Wahid in the formation of the Cabinet, he had recommended to the president that Yudhoyono would do better as Army chief of staff. In August 2000, after a Cabinet reshuffle, Yudhoyono became the coordinating minister for politic and security affairs. One of his tasks was to separate the army from politics. This was in line with his reformist ideas on the future of Indonesian military, and is a view he has held since his days in an army policy center.

Yudhoyono's supporters saw Yudhoyono's participation in the vice-presidential election as a sign of his popularity and recognised Yudhoyono's potential as a possible leader for Indonesia. One of these supporters, Vence Rumangkang approached Yudhoyono with the idea of forming a political party to help shore up support for the 2004 presidential elections. Yudhoyono approved of the idea and after going through the basic concepts, left Rumangkang in charge of forming the Party.

From 12 to 19 August 2001, Rumangkang began holding a series of meetings to discuss the formation of the party while holding consultations with Yudhoyono. Yudhoyono personally led the meetings on 19 and 20 August 2001, and the basic outline of the Democratic Party was finalised.

On 9 September 2001, the formation of the party was officially declared and on 10 September it was registered at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.

The organizers behind Democratic Party's formation went to extreme lengths to make sure that PD was Yudhoyono's personal political party. The declaration of its formation was 9 September 2001, which was Yudhoyono's birthday and to start off with, the Party had 99 members.

In 2004 presidential election, with 69,266,350 popular vote	he replace Megawati Sukarnoputri. He re-elected in 2009 presidential election.

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
- **office**: 6th President of Indonesia
- **image**: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, official presidential portrait (2009).jpg
- **predecessor**: Megawati Soekarnoputri
- **successor**: Joko Widodo
- **term start**: 20 October 2004
- **term end**: 20 October 2014
- **term start1**: 30 March 2013
- **term end1**: 15 March 2020
- **office1**: Leader of the Democratic Party (Indonesia), Democratic Party
- **predecessor1**: Anas Urbaningrum
- **successor1**: Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
- **office2**: Coordinating Minister of Politics, Social, and Security of Indonesia
- **order2**: 8th and 10th
- **president2**: Megawati Soekarnoputri
- **predecessor2**: Agum Gumelar
- **successor2**: Hari Sabarno
- **term start2**: 10 August 2001
- **term end2**: 11 March 2004
- **president3**: Abdurrahman Wahid
- **term start3**: 26 August 2000
- **term end3**: 1 June 2001
- **predecessor3**: Soejardi Soedirja
- **successor3**: Agum Gumelar
- **office4**: Minister of Mining and Energy
- **president4**: Abdurrahman Wahid
- **term start4**: 29 October 1999
- **term end4**: 26 August 2000
- **predecessor4**: Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
- **successor4**: Purnomo Yusgiantoro
- **birth place**: :id:Arjosari, Pacitan, Arjosari, :en:Pacitan Regency, Pacitan, Indonesia
- **height**: 177 cm
- **children**: Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono
- **father**: Soekotjo
- **mother**: Siti Habibah
- **branch**:  Indonesian Army
- **serviceyears**: 1973 - 2000
- **rank**:  Military of Indonesia, TNI General officer, General
- **awards**: Adhi Makayasa (1973)
- **signature**: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signature.svg
- **party**: Democratic Party (Indonesia), Democratic Party