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Joko Widodo (Indonesian: [dʒɔkɔ widɔdɔ]; born Mulyono, 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the seventh president of Indonesia.
6 days ago · Joko Widodo, Indonesian businessman, politician, and government official who served as governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014 before becoming president of Indonesia in 2014. He was the first Indonesian president who did not have a military background or belong to a prominent political family.
- Joko Widodo was a successful businessman before entering politics. As governor of Jakarta (2012–14), he launched programs aimed at improving Jakart...
- Joko Widodo was born and raised in Surakarta, a city in the centre of Java northeast of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. His father was a wood seller who pli...
- Prior to becoming Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo worked for a state-owned pulp mill in the Aceh region of northern Sumatra and later establishe...
- Joko Widodo attended Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, from which he graduated (1985) with a degree in forestry engineering.
Feb 14, 2024 · Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s phenomenal rise from a riverside slum, where he grew up, to the presidency of Indonesia spotlighted how far the world’s third-largest democracy had veered from a brutal authoritarian era decades ago.
Feb 12, 2024 · SEMARANG, Indonesia, Feb 12 (Reuters) - His name is not on the ballot, but Indonesia's wildly popular President Joko Widodo, or "Jokowi", looms large over Wednesday's election in the world's...
Feb 13, 2024 · The former furniture salesman was Indonesia's first leader from outside the political and military elite. His decisive win was propelled by people's frustrations with corruption and nepotism in...
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Nov 13, 2022 · BALI, Indonesia — Four months after Russia invaded Ukraine, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia tried to engineer détente. He traveled to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky,...
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Feb 14, 2024 · Counting is under way in Indonesia after millions of people turned out to choose a successor to Joko Widodo, the hugely popular president known as Jokowi, who is barred from running for a...
