Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Official portrait, 2009
6th President of Indonesia
In office 20 October 2004 – 20 October 2014
Vice President	Jusuf Kalla (2004–2009) Boediono (2009–2014)
Preceded by	Megawati Sukarnoputri
Succeeded by	Joko Widodo
8th Coordinating Minister of Political, Social, and Security Affairs
In office 10 August 2001 – 12 March 2004
President	Megawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded by	Agum Gumelar
Succeeded by	Hari Sabarno (acting) Widodo Adi Sutjipto
In office 23 August 2000 – 1 June 2001
President	Abdurrahman Wahid
Preceded by	Soerjadi Soedirdja
Succeeded by	Agum Gumelar
11th Minister of Mining and Energy
In office 29 October 1999 – 23 August 2000
President	Abdurrahman Wahid
Preceded by	Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
Succeeded by	Purnomo Yusgiantoro
24th Commander of Kodam II/Sriwijaya
In office 23 August 1996 – 7 August 1997
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Major General Karyono
Succeeded by	Major General Suadi Atma
4th Chairman of the Democratic Party
In office 30 March 2013 – 15 March 2020
Preceded by	Anas Urbaningrum
Succeeded by	Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
Personal details
Born	(1949-09-09) 9 September 1949 (age 74) Patjitan, Indonesia
Political party	Demokrat
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in) (2020)[1] 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) (2000)[2]
Spouse	Kristiani Herrawati ​ ​ (m. 1976; died 2019)​
Children	Agus Edhie
Parents	Raden Soekotjo (father) Siti Habibah (mother)
Relatives	Sarwo Edhie Wibowo (father-in-law) Pramono Edhie Wibowo (brother-in-law)
Alma mater	Indonesian Military Academy United States Army Command and General Staff College Webster University (MA) Bogor Agricultural University (Ph.D in agricultural economics)
Occupation	Politician army officer
Signature
Website	theyudhoyonoinstitute.org
Nicknames	SBY Thinking General
Military service
Allegiance	Indonesia
Branch/service	Indonesian Army
Years of service	1973–2000
Rank	General (honorary)
Unit	Infantry (Kostrad)
Commands	Kodam II/Sriwijaya
Battles/wars	Insurgency in East Timor Insurgency in Aceh Garuda Contingent XIV
Awards	Tri Sakti Wiratama Adhi Makayasa
Service no.	25308

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second Indonesian President from the military after Suharto. He founded the Democratic Party of Indonesia, he served as the 4th leader of the Democratic Party from 2014 until 2020, 8th and 10th Coordinating Minister of Politics and Security Affairs of Indonesia from 2000 until 2001, and again from 2001 until 2004. He also served as the president of the Assembly and chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute. He was also the former chairman of ASEAN due to Indonesia's hosting of the 18th and 19th ASEAN Summits.

Yudhoyono won the 2004 presidential election—the first direct presidential election in Indonesia, defeating incumbent president Megawati Sukarnoputri. He was sworn into office on 20 October 2004, together with Jusuf Kalla as vice president. He ran for re-election in 2009 with Boediono as his running mate, and won with an outright majority of the votes in the first round of balloting; he was sworn in for a second term on 20 October 2009.

During his tenure as president, Indonesia participated in many world peace missions, both at the national and international levels. Yudhoyono successfully negotiated a deal that ended the Aceh Insurgency, an Insurgency lasted from 1976 to 2005. As a result, he was given the title "Father of Peace".^[3]

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (Champions of the Earth) in 2014.^[4]