President of Indonesia
The 3rd Indonesian presidential election was held on 9 July 2014 and matched former general and Suharto's ex-son in law Prabowo Subianto against the governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo. On 22 July the General Elections Commission announced Joko Widodo's victory. He and his vice-president, Jusuf Kalla, were sworn-in on 20 October 2014, for a 5-year term.
Aburizal Bakrie
In the fall of 2010 media coverage started to indicate that Bakrie was seeking to become the Golkar Party's presidential candidate in Indonesia's 2014 Presidential election. Since then, Bakrie repeatedly expressed his desire to be nominated as Golkar's presidential candidate. Media reports also suggested the Golkar Party had already commenced its search for a running mate to team up with Bakrie, introducing names like Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana X the current Governor of Yogyakarta, the Secretary General of the Indonesian Democratic Party and Deputy House Speaker, Dahlan Iskan the State Enterprises Minister, as well as the youngest son of Indonesia's current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.