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A final count has yet to be completed, but all signs suggest that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the incumbent candidate, notched up a resounding victory. Since winning the country’s first competitive election in 2004, the former general has been a cool steward of Indonesia’s young and often chaotic democracy, denting the country’s grim legacy of corruption, cracking down on radical Islamist groups and rebuilding a nation that suffered the brunt of 2005’s devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. SBY — Yudhoyono is widely referred to by his initials — is seen as a moderate and honest figure in a nation still emerging from decades of cronyism under the deceased military dictator Suharto. When his triumph is certified, he will become the first President to be re-elected in what is the world’s most populous Muslim democracy. [(Read about Indonesia’s election.)](https://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909198,00.html) **Fast Facts**: • Born in 1949 into a lower-middle-class military family in eastern Java, Indonesia’s most densely populated island. • After graduating at the top of his class in the Indonesian national military academy in 1973, he went on to join the army’s top brass, and ultimately served as a military observer for U.N. peacekeeping operations in Bosnia during the mid-1990s. • First shone politically in 2001, when he stood up to then President Abdurrahman Wahid — who was facing impeachment charges — by refusing an order to declare a state of emergency. For supporters, the act sealed his reputation as a man of integrity. During his presidency, a lasting peace deal has been negotiated with insurgents in the tsunami-struck province of Aceh. Has also drawn praise for blunting the influence of the Jemaah Islamiah, an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist organization, with a steady string of arrests and detentions. In the July 8 election, SBY’s two main opponents fielded running mates who were also prominent generals under Suharto. SBY, though, was the only one of the three not being pursued on charges of human-rights abuses. His choice of Boedino — an astute banker and political newcomer — as his running mate has been hailed as a sign that he intends to cut through some of the bureaucratic red tape that has been a hallmark of Indonesia’s murky politics and has stalled the nation’s growth in the past. Though considered to be an even-tempered, if not altogether unexciting, politician, he has a stated affection for music and has composed his own love songs. The latest compilation is titled _My Longing for You._ **Quotes By**: “I love the United States, with all its faults. I consider it my second country.” (_International Herald Tribune_, Aug. 8, 2003) “God willing, in the next five years, the world will say, ‘Indonesia is something, Indonesia is rising.’ “ — Speaking at a huge election rally in Jakarta (New York _Times_, July 4, 2009) “Today is the people’s day.” — After casting his vote on July 8 (South China _Morning Post_) **Quotes About**: “Even though SBY was a senior member of a deeply unpopular government, he has come to be seen as a victim of that government rather than part of it.” — Denny Ja, an Indonesian political analyst (BBC, Oct. 20, 2004) “More of the same.” — The campaign slogan trumpeted by Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party [Read about the lead-up to the Indonesian election.](https://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1908725,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6947293/susilo-bambang-yudhoyono-the-man-behind-indonesias-rise/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6947293/susilo-bambang-yudhoyono-the-man-behind-indonesias-rise/"},"headline":"Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono: The Man Behind Indonesia's Rise","datePublished":"2009-07-10T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T21:03:30.259Z","description":"On July 8, voters on the more than 17,000 islands that make up the vastarchipelago nation of Indonesia went to the polls to elect the...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6947293/susilo-bambang-yudhoyono-the-man-behind-indonesias-rise/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16f103a11197ee76/698a51d1457a5277a2d69df7/360_yudhoyono_0709.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ishaan Tharoor","url":"https://time.com/author/ishaan-tharoor/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16f103a11197ee76/698a51d1457a5277a2d69df7/360_yudhoyono_0709.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"360_yudhoyono_0709.jpg","caption":"Indonesian presidential candidate and incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono holds up an ink-stained finger after voting at a polling station in Cikeas district in Bogor on July 8, 2009","creditText":"Beawiharta / Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6947293/susilo-bambang-yudhoyono-the-man-behind-indonesias-rise/","name":"Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono: The Man Behind Indonesia's Rise"}}]}] ```