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The president of Indonesia is the head of state and also head of government of the Republic of Indonesia. The president leads the executive branch of the Indonesian government and is the supreme commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. Since 2004, the President and Vice-president are directly elected to a five-year term. The presidency was established during the formulation of the 1945 constitution by the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (BPUPK), a body established by the occupying Japanese 16th Army on 1 March 1945 to work on "preparations for independence in the region of the government of this island of Java." On 18 August 1945, the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (PPKI), which was created on 7 August to replace the BPUPK, selected Sukarno as the country's first president.
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Presidents
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!rowspan="2"|Portrait
!rowspan="2"|Name
!colspan="4"|Term of office
!rowspan="2"|Party
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Vice president
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!Took office
!Left office
!Election
!Time in office
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!rowspan="4" style="background:; color:black;"|1
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|rowspan="4"|Sukarno<br>
|rowspan="2"|18 August 1945
|rowspan="2"|18 May 1963
|rowspan="2"|1945
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|Independent
!style="background:; color:black;"|1
|Mohammad Hatta
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="height:20px;"
|colspan="3" rowspan="2"|Vacant (1 December 1956 – )
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|18 May 1963
|12 March 1967
|1963
|-
|colspan="7" align="left"|
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!rowspan="2" style="background:; color:black;"|—
|rowspan="10"|100px
|rowspan="10"|Suharto<br>
|12 March 1967
|27 March 1968
|—
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|Military
|colspan="2"|Vacant
|-
|colspan="7" align="left"|
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!rowspan="8" style="background:; color:black;"|2
|27 March 1968
|23 March 1973
|1968
|rowspan="7"|
|rowspan="7"|Golkar<br>
|colspan="2"|Vacant
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|23 March 1973
|23 March 1978
|1973
!style="background:; color:black;"|2
| Hamengkubuwono IX
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|23 March 1978
|11 March 1983
|1978
!style="background:; color:black;"|3
|Adam Malik
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|11 March 1983
|11 March 1988
|1983
!style="background:; color:black;"|4
|Umar Wirahadikusumah
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|11 March 1988
|11 March 1993
|1988
!style="background:; color:black;"|5
|Sudharmono
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|11 March 1993
|11 March 1998
|1993
!style="background:; color:black;"|6
|Try Sutrisno
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|11 March 1998
|21 May 1998
|1998
!style="background:; color:black;"|7
|B. J. Habibie
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|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!rowspan="2" style="background:; color:black;"|3
|rowspan="2"|100px
|rowspan="2"|B. J. Habibie<br>
|21 May 1998
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|—
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|Golkar
|colspan="2"|Vacant
|-
|colspan="7" align="left"|
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!rowspan="3" style="background:; color:white;"|4
|rowspan="3"|100px
|rowspan="3"|Abdurrahman Wahid<br>
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|23 July 2001
|rowspan="2"|1999
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|PKB
|colspan="2"|Vacant (20–21 October 1999)
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!style="background:; color:white;"|8
|Megawati Sukarnoputri
|-
|colspan="7" align="left"|
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!rowspan="3" style="background:; color:white;"|5
|rowspan="3"|100px
|rowspan="3"|Megawati Sukarnoputri<br>
|rowspan="2"|23 July 2001
|rowspan="2"|20 October 2004
|rowspan="2"|—
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|PDI-P
|colspan="2"|Vacant (23–26 July 2001)
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!style="background:; color:white;"|9
|Hamzah Haz
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|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!rowspan="3" style="background:; color:white;"|6
|rowspan="3"|100px
|rowspan="3"|Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono<br>
|20 October 2004
|20 October 2009
|2004
|rowspan="2"| years
|rowspan="2"|Demokrat
!style="background:; color:black;"|10
|Jusuf Kalla
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|20 October 2009
|20 October 2014
|2009
!style="background:; color:black;"|11
|Boediono
|-
|colspan="7" align="left"|
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!rowspan="4" style="background:; color:white;"|7
|rowspan="4"|100px
|rowspan="4"|Joko Widodo<br>
|20 October 2014
|20 October 2019
|2014
|rowspan="3"| years
|rowspan="3"|PDI-P
!style="background:; color:black;"|12<br>
|Jusuf Kalla
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|rowspan="2"|20 October 2019
|rowspan="2"|20 October 2024
|rowspan="2"|2019
!style="background:;"|13
|rowspan="2"|Ma'ruf Amin
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|style="background:; color:white;"|
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|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
!rowspan="2" style="background:; color:white;"|8
|rowspan="2"|100px
|rowspan="2"|Prabowo Subianto<br>
|20 October 2024
|Incumbent
|2024
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|Gerindra
!style="background:; color:black;"|14
|Gibran Rakabuming Raka
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By age
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! rowspan=2 | <abbr title="Order of presidency">#</abbr>
! rowspan=2 | President
! rowspan=2 | Born
! rowspan=2 | Age at<br />
! rowspan=2 | Age at<br />
! rowspan=2 | <br />timespan
! colspan=2 | Lifespan
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! Died !! Age
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
| 1
| Sukarno
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| <br />
| <br />
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|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
| 2
| Suharto
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| <br />
| <br />
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|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
| 3
| data-sort-value="Bacharudin" | B. J. Habibie
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| <br />
| <br />
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|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
| 4
| data-sort-value="Abdurrahman" | Abdurrahman Wahid
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| <br />
| <br />
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|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
| 5
| data-sort-value="Megawati" | Megawati Sukarnoputri
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| <br />
| <br />
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| <span style="display:none">--</span>(living)
| '
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
| 6
| data-sort-value="Susilo" | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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| <br />
| <br />
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| <span style="display:none">--</span>(living)
| '
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
| 7
| data-sort-value="Joko" | Joko Widodo
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| <br />
| <br />
|
| <span style="display:none">--</span>(living)
| '
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
| 8
| data-sort-value="Prabowo" | Prabowo Subianto
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| <br />
| (incumbent)
| (incumbent)
| <span style="display:none">--</span>(living)
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Notes
By time in office
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! data-sort-type="number" | Rank !! data-sort-type="text" | President !! class="unsortable" | Length<br/><small>in days</small> !! Order of presidency !! class="unsortable" | Number of terms
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| 1 || Suharto
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| || Six full terms; resigned into seventh term
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| 2 || Sukarno
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| || De jure: Four full terms; removed into fifth term<br>De facto: Never faced reelection, declared president for life by the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (MPRS) on 18 May 1963
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| 3 || Joko Widodo
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| || Two full terms
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| 4 || Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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| || Two full terms
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| 5 || Megawati Sukarnoputri
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| || One partial term ()
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| 6 || Abdurrahman Wahid
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| || One partial term ()
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| 7 ||Prabowo Subianto
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| || Currently serving first term
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| 8 || B. J. Habibie
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| || One partial term ()
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| Acting || Assaat
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| || State-level president for
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| Acting || Sjafruddin Prawiranegara
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| || Acting president for
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Notes
See also
- Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- List of governors of the Dutch East Indies
- President of Indonesia
- Vice President of Indonesia
- List of vice presidents of Indonesia
- Prime Minister of Indonesia
- First ladies and gentlemen of Indonesia
- Second ladies and gentlemen of Indonesia
- List of acting presidents of Indonesia