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Biodata and Profile SBY ( Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono )

Democratic Party Chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or more familiarly called Pak SBY

( EsBeYe ) in 20! belie"ed to be chairman of the Democratic Party re#laced the

#re"ious chairman $nas %rbaningrum the & ousted & because tri##ing corru#tion '

Biodata and Profile SBY ( Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono )

Biodata Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ( SBY )

ull ame * +en ' (,et' ) Dr' ' -' Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Place . date of birth * Pacitan . East /a"a . Se#tember 1,eligion * slam

ather3s ame * ,aden Soekot4o5other3s ame * Siti -abibah

6ife ame * Christian -erath

ame of Child * -arimurti $gus Yudhoyono ( born 78) and Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono( born 80) '-ome $ddress * Puri Cikeas ndah . Bogor

5ilitary ,ank 9ast * +en' . retired on 2: Se#tember 2000

education

ndonesian $rmed orces $cademy ( the academy ) 7!

$merican 9anguage Course . 9ackland $B . ;efficer $d"anced Course . ort Benning . %'S' . 82?8!>n the 4ob training in the 82 ? nd $irborne Di"ision . ort Bragg . %nited States . 8!

/ungle 6arfare School . Panama . 8!

$ntitank @ea#ons courses in Belgium and +ermany . 81

Battalion Command Course . 8:

$rmy Command School . 88?8

Command and +eneral Staff College . ort 9ea"en@orth . Aansas . %S$

5aster of $rt ( 5$ ) of 5anagement 6ebster %ni"ersity . 5issouri . %S$

Doctorate in $gricultural Economics from Bogor $gricultural %ni"ersity ( PB ) . 2001'

Career in Military

$nd ;on#an $irborne nfantry Battalion !!0 Strategic ,eser"e Command ( 71?7= )

;on#an Battalion !0: and the Strategic ,eser"e Command ( 7=?77 )$nd 5r' 5o 8 !!0 $irborne nfantry Battalion Strategic ,eser"e Command (77 )

Pasi?2>#s 7 Au4ang 5abrigif $irborne Strategic ,eser"e Command ( 77?78 )$nd Ai#an $irborne nfantry Battalion !!0 Strategic ,eser"e Command ( 7?8)

Young Paban Su#er>P Suad (8?82)

Commandant nfantry School Coach (8!?8:)Battalion 711 and Dam %dayana ( 8=?88 )


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Paban 5adyalat Su#er>P Dam %dayana (88 )

Seskoad 9ecturer (8?2)

Aors#ri Commander (! )$nd $irborne brigade 7 Au4ang Strategic ,eser"e Command ( !?1 )

$so#s 5ilitary District (1?:)

Danrem 072Pamungkas military command Di#onegoro (: )Chief 5ilitary >bser"er of the %nited ations Peace orces ( %P ) in Bosnia?-erego"ina ( since the beginning of o"ember : )

Aasdam /aya (= ? only fi"e months ),egional Commander Sri@i4aya (=?7) and Chairman of Bakorstanasda

$sos#ol Aassos#ol $rmed orces $B, faction de#uty chairman of the $ssembly( 5P, +eneral Session 8)

Aassos#ol $B, Chairman of the $rmed orces of the 5P, ( Peo#le3s Consultati"e

$ssembly S#ecial Session 8)

;erritorial Chief of Staff ( Aaster $rmed orces (8? )

Jobs in Government

5inister of 5ines and Energy ( since >ctober 2=. )

Coordinating 5inister for Political Social Security ( $dministration of President

$bdurrahman 6ahid )

Coordinating 5inister for Politics and Security ( +o"ernment of President 5ega@ati

Sukarno#utri ) resigned 5arch . 2001

President of the ,e#ublic of ndonesia (2001?200)President of the ,e#ublic of ndonesia (200?201)

SBY and the Democrats

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono @as the founder of the Democratic #arty and managed to

bring this #arty to be one of the largest #olitical #arty in ndonesia' Democratic Party@as founded on Se#tember 200 and ratified on $ugust 27. 200! ' %#on Democrats

2001 Presidential Election . Democrat carrying SBY ( Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ? /usufAalla ) as a candidate for President and @in '

200 Presidential Election . Democrat SBY ? Boediono brought back as a candidate forPresident and @on for the second #eriod '

Bambang Yudhoyono @as born in ;remas. a "illage in $r4osari. Pacitan ,egency. East

/a"a. to a lo@er?middle?class family and is the son of ,aden Soekot4o and Siti -abibah'-is name is /a"anese. @ith Sanskrit roots' Susilo comes from the @ords su? . meaning

good and sila . meaning beha"iour. conduct or moral ' Bambang is a traditional boy name in

/a"anese. meaning knight ' Yudhoyono comes from the @ords yuddha ?meaning battle.

fight F and yana . meaning 4ourney ' ;hus his name roughly translates to G@ell beha"ed

knightG'

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Yudhoyono had @anted to 4oin the army since he @as a child' n school. he de"elo#ed a

re#utation as an academic achie"er. e


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77 to 78. and a battalion commander at Aostrad from 7 to 8' Yudhoyono

then s#ent 8 and 82 @orking at the $rmy headHuarters'

6hile @orking at the $rmy headHuarters. Yudhoyono @as sent to the %nited Statesagain. this time to #artici#ate in the nfantry >fficer $d"anced Course at ort Benning

and in training @ith the 82nd $irborne Di"ision' Yudhoyono also s#ent time in Panama and

@ent through the 4ungle @arfare school' 6hen Yudhoyono returned in 8!. he @asmade Commander of the nfantry ;rainers3 School' t @as not long before he @asabroad again. this time to Belgium and 6est +ermany. to undertake the $ntitank

@ea#ons Course' n 8:. Yudhoyono also took a Battalion Commando Course in 5alaysia'rom 8= to 88. Yudhoyono ser"ed @ith Aodam %dayana. @hich co"ers Bali and

the 9esser Sunda slands' Yudhoyono @as a battalion commander from 8= to 88and @as #art of the o#erational staff in 88' n 8. Yudhoyono became a lecturer at

the $rmy Staff College (Seskoad) and deli"ered a #resentation entitled &$B,3s

Professionalism at the Present and in the uture&' ;ogether @ith $gus

6irahadikusumah. Yudhoyono #ublished a book entitled &;he Challenges ofDe"elo#ment&'

6hilst at Seskoad. Yudhoyono also took the o##ortunity to further his o@n military

education' -e @ent to the %S $rmy Command and +eneral Staff College at ort

9ea"en@orth. Aansas' 6hile in the %nited States. he took the o##ortunity to obtain an

5$ degree in business management from 6ebster %ni"ersity in '

n 2. Yudhoyono @as transferred to the $rmy nformation De#artment and @orked

as a s#eech @riter for +eneral Edi Sudra4at. the $rmy Chief of Staff' n !. @hen

Edi became Commander of the 5ilitary of ndonesia ($B,). Yudhoyono 4oined Edi3s

#ersonal staff' Edi did not last long as $B, Commander and Yudhoyono @as thentransferred back to Aostrad @here he became a brigade commander' $ year later.

Yudhoyono @as the >#erations $ssistant at /aya (/akarta) 5ilitary $rea Command

before taking command Di#onegoro 5ilitary $rea Command in Central /a"a'

Yudhoyono had one more stint o"erseas @hen he became ndonesia3s chief military

obser"er of the %nited ation Peacekee#ing orce in Bosnia in :I='6hen Yudhoyono returned to ndonesia. he @as made A>D$5 /aya chief of staff

before being a##ointed as A>D$5 Sri@i4aya commander' n this #osition. Yudhoyono@as res#onsible for military o#erations in southern Sumatra' -e ser"ed in this #osition

until 7. @hen he @as a##ointed chief of staff for social?#olitical affairs' $t thesame time. he @as also a##ointed Chairman of the $B, action in the Peo#le3s

Consultati"e $ssembly +eneral Session and #artici#ated in Suharto3s election to ase"enth term as President'

During the days @hich @ould lead to Suharto3s resignation in 5ay 8. Yudhoyono and#ro?reform $B, officers conducted meetings and discussions @ith urcholish 5ad4id.

a secular #ro?reform 5uslim leader' rom his discussions. Yudhoyono acce#ted the fact

that Suharto should resign but like the $B, officers @ho @ent to the meeting @ith

him. @as reluctant to @ithdra@ their su##ort of Suharto #ublicly. much less ask for

Suharto3s resignation' e"ertheless the #ressure @ould e"entually become too muchfor Suharto. @ho resigned on 2 5ay 8'

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$s ndonesia entered the reform era. $B,3s #o#ularity. because of its association @ith

Suharto. @as at an all time lo@' ;o de?em#hasie $B,3s #olitical role. Yudhoyono3s

Chief of Staff for social?#olitical affairs @as renamed chief of staff for territorialaffairs and in . $B, @as renamed ; and the ndonesian ational Police (Polri)

@as s#lit off' $t this time. Yudhoyono3s #o#ularity began to increase as he offered

ideas and conce#ts to reform the military and nation' -e did this by combining thestrong reformist sentiment of the time @ith ;3s concern for security and stability'Because of his high education (finishing his doctorate during the course of the

#residential elections) and his @ell #lanned maneu"ers. Yudhoyono came to be kno@n as&the thinking general&'

Political career

ahid Presidency

Yudhoyono @as a##ointed 5ining and Energy 5inister in the cabinet of President

$bdurrahman 6ahid in ' $ccording to +eneral 6iranto. @ho assisted 6ahid in theformation of the Cabinet. he had recommended to the President that Yudhoyono @ould

do better as $rmy Chief of Staff' -o@e"er. 6ahid re4ected the idea and Yudhoyono

became the 5inister of 5ining and Energy instead' $t the same time. Yudhoyono ended

his military career @ith the rank of 9ieutenant +eneral. although he @ould be made

honorary +eneral in 2000'

Yudhoyono3s #o#ularity gre@. e"en as 5inister of 5ining and Energy' n /une 2000.

there @ere rumors that 6ahid. because of his lack of skill as an administrator @as going

to a##oint a irst 5inister to look after the day?to?day running of the +o"ernment'

Yudhoyono3s name a##eared as a #otential candidate for the #osition. althoughe"entually 6ahid a##ointed ice President 5ega@ati Sukarno#utri as the day to day

administrator'

n $ugust 2000. after a Cabinet reshuffle. Yudhoyono became the Coordinating

5inister for Politic and Security $ffairs' >ne of his tasks @as to se#arate the army

from #olitics' ;his @as in line @ith his reformist ideas on the future of ndonesianmilitary. and is a "ie@ he has held since his days in an army #olicy center' -e said at

that time*

! Since 8. the military has decided to stay out of day?to?day #olitics' ;he

basic idea of military reform is to go back to the role and function of the

military as a defense force and mo"e them a@ay from #olitics systematically'

;he trend is mo"ing in such a @ay that there is no so?called 3dual function3 of

the military. there is no so?called social #olitical mission in the military' "

$nother task that Yudhoyono @as gi"en @as as an intermediary bet@een 6ahid and the

Suharto family' $t the time. 6ahid @as trying to make Suharto hand back all the money

@hich he had allegedly obtained through corru#tion @hen he @as #resident' Yudhoyono

@as sent by 6ahid to con"ey this @ish and to negotiate @ith the former first family'

-o@e"er. Yudhoyono @as not successful in this "enture'

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$t the beginning of 200. @ith #olitical #ressure increasing on him. 6ahid ordered

Yudhoyono to form a crisis centre @ith Yudhoyono as Chairman ;he #ur#ose of this

crisis centre @as to assist the #resident in gi"ing #olicy ad"ice and @as headHuarteredat Yudhoyono3s office' t seemed as if because of this a##ointment. Yudhoyono could

be considered one of 6ahid3s men. ho@e"er Yudhoyono @ould break ranks from 6ahid

in /uly 200 @hen the latter @as facing im#eachment' n des#eration. 6ahid issued adecree freeing the Peo#le3s ,e#resentati"e Council (DP,) and then asked Yudhoyono todeclare a state of emergency to further strengthen his #osition' Yudhoyono refused to

acce#t this. and 6ahid dismissed him'

Mega#ati Presidency

>n 2! /uly 200. in a S#ecial Session. the 5P, im#eached 6ahid and re#laced him @ith

5ega@ati as President' $ fe@ days later @hen the 5P, assembled to elect a ne@ ice

President. Yudhoyono thre@ his name in the hat and com#eted against +olkar3s $kbar

;an4ung and %nited De"elo#ment Party3s (PPP) -amah -a' Yudhoyono and $kbar lostout to -amah @ho became the "ice #resident'

Yudhoyono @as a##ointed to his old #osition of Coordinating 5inister of Political and

Security $ffairs in 5ega@ati3s ne@ cabinet' $fter the >ctober 2002 Bali bombing. he

o"ersa@ the hunt for and arrest of those res#onsible. and gained a re#utation both in

ndonesia and abroad as one of the fe@ ndonesian #oliticians serious about the 6ar on

;errorism' -is s#eech during the one?year anni"ersary of the Bali bombing (in @hich

many $ustralians @ere killed) @as #raised by the $ustralian media and #ublic' Yudhoyono

also dealt @ith the ree $ceh 5o"ement (+$5). a se#aratist mo"ement @anting to

se#arate the Pro"ince of $ceh from ndonesia' >n his ad"ice. 5ega@ati declaredmartial la@ in $ceh on 5ay 200!' ;his martial la@ @as then e


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@as Se#tember 200. @hich @as Yudhoyono3s birthday and to start off @ith. the

Party had members'

%oad to Presidency

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harmful' (/anuary 2007)

By 200! there @as a gathering momentum behind the #ossibility of Yudhoyono being a

#residential candidate' ;he %nited Democratic ationhood Party (PPDA) @as the first

to bring u# the sub4ect of nomination' n Se#tember 200!. Yudhoyono3s o@n #arty

began to make #re#arations in case Yudhoyono @as @illing to acce#t a #residentialnomination' ;he Democratic Party then initiated a #ublicity cam#aign to #romote

Yudhoyono as a candidate' or his #art. Yudhoyono @as not res#onsi"e both to PPDA orthe Democratic Party3s maneu"erings to nominate him and continued his duties as

5inister' PPDA @as disa##ointed in Yudhoyono3s reaction and the Democratic Partycontinued to @ait for Yudhoyono to resign his #osition as @as en 2 5arch 2001.5ega@ati res#onded that she had ne"er e


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his office and announced his resignation from the #osition of Coordinating 5inister of

Political and security affairs' -e also announced that he @as ready to be nominated as a

#residential candidate'

Yudhoyono in %nited ations'

Yudhoyono3s #o#ularity skyrocketed after his falling out @ith 5ega@ati as he @as seen

by the #eo#le as the underdog' -o@e"er this #o#ularity did not translate to a "ictory

for the Democratic Party at the 2001 legislati"e elections' ;he #arty @on 7':J of the"otes. @hich @as still enough to nominate Yudhoyono as a #residential candidate'

Yudhoyono acce#ted the nomination and #icked +olkar3s /usuf Aalla as his running mate'

$side from the Democratic Party. their #residential and "ice #residential candidacy @as

su##orted by the Crescent Star Party (PBB). the ,eform Star Party (PB,) and the

ndonesian /ustice and %nity Party (PAP)'

Yudhoyono3s manifesto for the future of ndonesia. summarised in a book titled &ision

or Change& @ritten by him and distributed for free during the cam#aign. @as built onfour #illars* #ros#erity. #eace. 4ustice and democracy' $t the to# of his agenda @as a

#lan for increasing economic #ros#erity. aiming for economic gro@th of at least 7J and are"i"al of small and medium?sied enter#rises' -e also #ut for@ard #olicies to offer

better credit lines. to cut red ta#e. im#ro"e labor la@s and to root out corru#tion fromthe to# do@n' -e told an inter"ie@er*

! f @e are to reduce #o"erty. create 4obs. increase #urchasing #o@er and rebuild

infrastructure. then @e @ill need ne@ ca#ital' >f course. to be able to in"itein"estment. ha"e to im#ro"e the climate I legal certainties. #olitical stability.

la@ and order. sound ta< #olicies. customs #olicies. good labor management' @ill im#ro"e the guarantees to encourage in"estors to come to ndonesia' "

Yudhoyono3s #ercei"ed communication skills made him the front?runner throughout the

election cam#aign. according to many o#inion #olls and the o#inions of election

commentators. ahead of the other candidates (5ega@ati. 6iranto. $mien ,ais. and

-amah)' >n : /uly 2001. Yudhoyono #artici#ated in the first round of the #residential

election. coming first @ith !!J of the "otes' -o@e"er. :0J of "otes @ere reHuired for

a ne@ #resident and "ice?#resident to be elected. and this meant Yudhoyono going into arun?off against 5ega@ati'

n the run?off. Yudhoyono faced a challenge from 5ega@ati3s ndonesian Democratic

Party?Struggle (PD?P). forming a national coalition @ith +olkar. the PPP. Pros#erousPeace Party (PDS) and the ndonesian ational Party (P)' Yudhoyono then declared

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that his coalition. @hich no@ recei"ed #olitical su##ort from the ational $@akening

Party (PAB). the Pros#erous /ustice Party (PAS) and the ational 5andate Party (P$).

@ould be the #eo#le3s coalition' >n 20 Se#tember 2001. Yudhoyono #artici#ated in therun?off election. @inning it @ith =0'87J of the "ote' Yudhoyono @as inaugurated as

#resident on 20 >ctober 2001' n ebruary 200. SBY @as named as the #olitical figure

@ho had achie"ed ;he +old Standard in Political Communications by the influentialPublic$ffairs$sia net@ork and magaine'

Presidency& '*+resent

5ain article* Post?Suharto Era

Cabinet

;he day of his inauguration in 2001. Yudhoyono announced his ne@ cabinet. @hich @ould

be kno@n as the %nited ndonesia Cabinet (Aabinet ndonesia Bersatu )' Consisting of !=

ministers. it included members of the Democratic Party. +olkar and the PPP. PBB. PAB.

P$. PAP. and PAS' Professionals @ere also named in the cabinet. most of them taking onministries in the economic field' ;he military @ere also included. @ith fi"e former

members a##ointed to the cabinet' $s Yudhoyono3s #romised during the election. four

of the cabinet a##ointees @ere female'K8L

Yudhoyono3s Second %nited ndonesia Cabinet @as announced in >ctober 200 after he

@as reelected as #resident earlier in the year' ;he "ice #resident in Yudhoyono3s second

cabinet is Dr Boediono' Boediono re#laces /usuf Aalla @ho @as "ice #resident in the first

Yudhoyono cabinet'

Presidential elections @ere held in ndonesia on 8 /uly 200' President Susilo Bambang

Yudhoyono @on more than =0J (=0'08J) of the "ote in the first round. @hich enabledhim to secure reelection @ithout a run?off' Yudhoyono @as officially declared the "ictor

of the election on 2! /uly 200. by the +eneral Election Commission' >ther candidates

are 5ega@ati Sukarno#utri PD?P Party 2='7J. /usuf Aalla +olkar Party 2'1J'

,conomy

n late 2007. Yudhoyono led ndonesia into a free trade agreement @ith /a#an'

,ducation and health

n /uly 200:. Yudhoyono launched the Schools >#erational $ssistance (B>S) #rogram'

%nder this arrangement. the go"ernment gi"es money to #rinci#als to financially assistin the running of schools' Should B>S be able to #ro"ide significant financial assistance

to the school then the school is e


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Yudhoyono @ith ice?President /usuf Aalla'

$lthough he had @on the Presidency. Yudhoyono @as still @eak in the ndonesian

#arliament. the Peo#le3s ,e#resentati"e Council (DP,)' ;he Democratic Party. e"en

combined @ith all of its coalition #artners. had far fe@er re#resentati"es than +olkar

and the PD?P. @hich #layed the role of o##osition'

6ith a national congress to be held in December 2001. Yudhoyono and Aalla hadoriginally backed $gung 9aksono s#eaker to become +olkar chairman' 6hen $gung @as#ercei"ed to be too @eak to run against $kbar. Yudhoyono and Aalla thre@ their @eight

behind Surya Paloh' inally. @hen Paloh @as #ercei"ed to be too @eak to run against$kbar. Yudhoyono ga"e the green light for Aalla to run for the +olkar Chairmanshi#' >n

December 2001. Aalla @as elected as the ne@ chairman of +olkar'Aalla3s "ictory #osed a dilemma for Yudhoyono' $lthough it no@ enabled Yudhoyono to

#ass legislation. Aalla3s ne@ #osition meant that he @as no@ more #o@erful thanYudhoyono in terms of influence in #arliament'

$fter the 2001 ndian >cean ;sunami Aalla. a##arently on his o@n initiati"e. assembled5inisters and signed a ice Presidential decree ordering @ork to begin on rehabilitating

$ceh' ;he legality of his ice Presidential decree @as Huestioned although Yudhoyonomaintained that it @as he @ho ga"e the orders for Aalla to #roceed'

n Se#tember 200:. @hen Yudhoyono @ent to e@ York to attend the annual %nited

ations Summit. he left ice President Aalla in charge' Yudhoyono held a "ideo

conference from e@ York to recei"e re#orts from ministers' Critics suggest that this

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attem#t by Yudhoyono to en : /anuary 2007. Yudhoyono and his @ife "isited Suharto. @ho@as again hos#italied due to anaemia as @ell as heart and kidney #roblems' $fter the"isit. Yudhoyono made an a##eal to all ndonesians to #ray for Suharto3s reco"ery'

,es#onding to some #ublicly made reHuests to Yudhoyono to granting a #ardon for allSuharto3s #ossible #ast mistakes in go"erning the country. #residential s#okes#erson

$ndi 5allarangeng said. &$ "isit from an incumbent K#residentL to a hos#italied former#resident is something normal' -o@e"er. this sho@ of humanity and legal ste# are t@o

different things'&

/ther

Yudhoyono @ith former %S President +eorge 6' Bush @hile attending $PEC summit in

2001'

Yudhoyono in the Polish Senate in 20!'

>n 7 $ugust 2007. ndonesia by initiati"e of Yudhoyono in /akarta. #ro#osed that

eight nations. homes to some 80J of the @orld3s tro#ical rainforests 4oin di#lomatic

ranks amid increasing concern o"er global @arming' ndonesia led the summit of eight

countries (on 21 Se#tember in e@ York) I Brail. Cameroon. Congo. Costa ,ica. +abon.

ndonesia. 5alaysia and Pa#ua e@ +uinea' >n !I: December 2007. ndonesia hosted

the !th Conferences of the Parties (C>P?!) under the %nited ations rame@orkCon"ention on Climate Change (%CCC) in Bali'

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During the Po#e Benedict slam contro"ersy. Yudhoyono stated that the Po#e3s

comments @ere &un@ise and ina##ro#riate.&K!1L but also that &ndonesian 5uslims should

ha"e @isdom. #atience. and self?restraint to address this sensiti"e issue''''6e needthem so that harmony among #eo#le is not at stake'&

Yudhoyono is one of the 00 6orld3s 5ost nfluential Peo#le in 200 according to ;5E

5againe'During an official "isit to $ustralia. I 5arch 200. he @as a##ointed an -onoraryCom#anion of the >rder of $ustralia ($C) and addressed $ustralian Parliament. the

first ndonesian head of state to do so'ndonesian security forces claim to ha"e unco"ered a #lot to murder Yudhoyono' $

#ur#orted strike @as to occur 7 $ugust 200. on ndonesian nde#endence Day'Yudhoyono @as made an honorary Anight +rand Cross of the >rder of the Bath (+CB) by

-5 Mueen Eliabeth on !0 >ctober 202'

Political +artyDuring his #residency. Yudhoyono further consolidated his #osition @ithin the

Democratic Party' n 5ay 200:. at PD3s first ational Congress. Yudhoyono @as elected

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;he Yudhoyonos in a family outing. from left* $nnisa 9arasati Pohan. irst 9ady $ni

Bambang. Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono. $gus -arimurti Yudhoyono and President

Yudhoyono'

;he name Yudhoyono is not an inherited surnameF most /a"anese do not ha"e surnames'

,ather. he chose it for his military name?tag. and it is ho@ he is referred to abroad' -is

children and grandchildren go by the name Yudhoyono . and in formal meetings and

functions he is addressed as Dr' Yudhoyono' n ndonesia. he is referred to in some

media as &Susilo& and is @idely kno@n as &SBY&'

Yudhoyono li"es both in the Presidential 5erdeka Palace in /akarta and his family

residence in Cikeas. Bogor @ith his @ife. $ni Bambang Yudhoyono' irst 9ady $ni

Yudhoyono holds a #olitical science degree from 5erdeka %ni"ersity . and @as the first

"ice chairman of her husband3s Democratic Party' She is the eldest child of +eneral

(,et') Sar@o Edhie 6ibo@o. one of ndonesia3s high?#rofile generals'

;he family3s eldest son. 5a4or $gus -arimurti Yudhoyono (born 78). graduated from;aruna usantara -igh School in 7 and the ndonesian 5ilitary $cademy in 2000 and

is a holder of the $dhi 5akayasa 5edal like his father. continuing family tradition asthe best graduate of the 5ilitary $cademy' n /uly 200=. $gus graduated from the

nstitute of Defense and Strategic Studies. Singa#ore @ith a masters degree instrategic studies. and is currently studying at -ar"ard %ni"ersity' Yudhoyono ga"e a

s#eech at -ar"ard Aennedy School in Se#tember 200 and 4oked that his son became&another -ar"ard student @orking for& him I some of Yudhoyono3s ministers and

military generals also @ent to -ar"ard' -e is married to $nnisa 9arasati Pohan. a

fashion model and the daughter of a former Bank ndonesia "ice?#resident' ;he cou#le3sdaughter and Yudhoyono3s only grandchild. $lmira ;unggade@i Yudhoyono. @as born on

7 $ugust 2008' -e is currently assigned as >#erations >fficer of 7th $irborne

nfantry Battalion'

;he family3s younger son. Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono (born 82). recei"ed his bachelor

degree in Economics from the Curtin %ni"ersity of ;echnology. in Perth. 6estern

$ustralia and his 5aster Degree from the nstitute of Defense and Strategic Studies.

Singa#ore' n the 200 general election. Edhie @as elected as member of Parliament

from the Democratic Party and currently sits as a member of Parliament3s Commission

dealing @ith international affairs'K:2L

-e is married to Siti $liya ,ad4asa. daughter of

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-atta ,a4asa. one of his father3s #rominent Cabinet 5inister' ;hey ha"e one son.

$irlangga Satriadhi Yudhoyono'

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