Joko Widodo was born on 21 June 1961 in Surakarta. An Indonesian politician, popularly known as Jokowi, Widodo was born in Surakarta, Central Java, and worked as a furniture businessman before entering politics. As mayor of Surakarta from 2005 he gained a reputation for clean, practical government, and he was elected governor of Jakarta in 2012. In 2014 he won the presidency, becoming the first Indonesian president without a background in the political or military elite, and was re-elected in 2019. His administration focused on infrastructure projects such as roads, railways and ports, and began the relocation of the capital to Nusantara in Borneo. Critics argued that democratic standards weakened during his later years. He left office in October 2024.
Before and after
- 17 May 1961Birth of Enya
- 25 May 1961Kennedy commits the United States to a Moon landing
- 1 June 1961Birth of Yevgeny Prigozhin
- 6 June 1961Death of Carl Jung
- 21 June 1961Birth of Joko Widodo
- 1 July 1961Birth of Diana, Princess of Wales
- 2 July 1961Death of Ernest Hemingway
- 4 August 1961Birth of Barack Obama
- 6 August 1961Launch of Vostok 2
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