{"id":1895,"date":"2023-10-04T04:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T04:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mudabicara.com\/en\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2023-10-04T04:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T04:27:30","slug":"biography-of-prabowo-subianto-career-in-the-military-to-becoming-minister-of-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudabicara.com\/en\/biography-of-prabowo-subianto-career-in-the-military-to-becoming-minister-of-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography of Prabowo Subianto: Career in the Military to Becoming Minister of Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Who doesn&#8217;t know the great figure Prabowo Subianto? <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">His name is always widely discussed in the world of politics and the military. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Not only did he &#8220;master&#8221; the world of politics and the military, it turns out that he has carried out many important tasks in our country, both in the economic sector and the Indonesian movement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">So, who really is Prabowo Subianto? <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">How did his career progress in the military world until he finally entered the world of politics? <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Come on, take a look at the following description!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Siapa_Prabowo_Subianto\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Who is Prabowo Subianto?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">TNI General (Ret.) H. Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo is the third child and first son who was born on October 17 1951. His father was Soemitro Djojohadikusumo who came from Kebumen, Central Java. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo&#8217;s father was an economic expert and also a politician from the Indonesian Socialist Party who at that time had just finished serving as Minister of Industry in the Natsir Cabinet in April 1952. Meanwhile, his mother was Dora Marie Sigar or known as Dora Soemitro. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">She is a Protestant Christian woman of Minahasan descent. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">His mother came from the Maengkom family in Langowan, North Sulawesi.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">After the birth of Prabowo Subianto, his father, Soemitro, was reappointed as Minister of Finance in the Wilopo Cabinet. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo has two older sisters, named Biantiningsih Miderawati and Maryani Ekowati. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">He also has a younger brother named Hashim Djojohadikusumo. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo is the grandson of Margono Djojohadikusumo, the founder of Bank Negara Indonesia and also the first Chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Djojohadikusumo family is descended from Raden Tumenggung Kertanegara, who was the commander of Prince Diponegoro&#8217;s army. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The name Prabowo itself is the name taken from his uncle, Captain Soebianto Djojohadikusumo, who was an officer in the People&#8217;s Security Army who died in the Battle of Lengkong in January 1964 in Tangerang.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo&#8217;s childhood was spent abroad, especially after his father&#8217;s involvement in opposing President Soekarno&#8217;s government in the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia in West Sumatra. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo completed his secondary studies at\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">the Victoria Institution<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Zurich International School<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0in Zurich, Switzerland; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">and\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The American School\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in London, England. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">After the fall of Soekarno and the rise of Suharto, the Soemitro family returned to Indonesia. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Then Prabowo entered the Military Academy in Magelang, Central Java.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In May 1983, Prabowo married Siti Hediati Hariyadi, who was the daughter of President Soeharto and Tien Soeharto. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo and Siti Hediati were blessed with a son, namely Ragowo Hediprasetyo or Didiet. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">However, their marriage did not last until they were old. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Not long after the New Order collapsed, the two of them separated in 1998. Their child, Didiet, grew up in Boston, United States and chose a profession as a designer based in Paris, France.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Read Also :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Permalink to: Biography of Anies Baswedan : Career Journey to Becoming Governor of DKI Jakarta\" href=\"https:\/\/mudabicara.com\/en\/biography-of-anies-baswedan-career-journey-to-becoming-governor-of-dki-jakarta\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Biography of Anies Baswedan : Career Journey to Becoming Governor of DKI Jakarta<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<h2><span id=\"Karir_Militer_Prabowo_Subianto\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo Subianto&#8217;s Military Career<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo Subianto is a politician, businessman and high-ranking Indonesian military officer. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo studied and had a career in the military for 28 years. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">It all started in 1976, he began his military career in the Indonesian Army as a Second Lieutenant after graduating from the Military Academy in Magelang. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">From 1976 to 1985 Prabowo served in the Sandi Yudha Troop Command or Kopassandha, which at that time was an Army special force. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">One of his first assignments was as a platoon commander in Group I\/Para Commando which was part of the Nanggala operational force in East Timor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When he was 26 years old, Prabowo became one of the youngest platoon commanders in the operation. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">He had a big role in leading a mission to arrest\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Nicolau dos Reis Lobato<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , who was the Fretilin leader who during\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Operation Seroja<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0served as Prime Minister. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In 1985, Prabowo became deputy commander of the 328th Airborne Infantry Battalion. In 1991, Prabowo served as Chief of Staff of the 17th Airborne Infantry Brigade which was headquartered in Cijantung.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In 1993, Prabowo returned to the Special Forces which was now named the Special Forces Command or Kopassus. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo was appointed Commander of Group 3\/Sandi Yudha, which is one of the Kopassus counter-insurgency commands. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Subsequently, Prabowo served as deputy commander of the command under the leadership of Brigadier General Agum Gumelar and Brigadier General Subagyo Hadi Siswoyo.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In December 1995, Prabowo was appointed as Commander General of Kopassus with the rank of Major General. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">One of his first tasks was the operation to free the Mapenduma hostages. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On March 20 1998, Prabowo was appointed Commander of the Army Strategic Reserve Command, a position previously held by his father-in-law.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo commands around 11 thousand ABRI reserve troops. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo asked Armed Forces Commander General Wiranto to be allowed to mobilize his reserve troops from outside Jakarta to help quell riots in May 1998. Although Wiranto ultimately rejected this request, Prabowo allegedly flew hundreds of people who had been trained by Kopassus units in his control of Timor Leste from Dili. to Yogyakarta, and then to Jakarta by train. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On May 14, Prabowo met with several reform activists such as Adnan Buyung Nasution and Bambang Widjojanto to discuss the heated situation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On May 21 1998, President Soeharto announced his resignation and was replaced by Habibie who was immediately appointed on the same day. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the afternoon Prabowo met Habibie and asked him to appoint Prabowo as ABRI Commander to replace Wiranto. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">But Habibie dismissed Prabowo from his position as Kostrad commander.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo met Suharto after being dismissed from office, but Prabowo&#8217;s father-in-law did not support him. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Finally, Prabowo was assigned as Commander of the ABRI Command and Staff College in Bandung, replacing Lieutenant General Arie J. Kumaat. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On July 14 1998, the ABRI Commander formed an Officer Honorary Council chaired by General Subagyo Hadi Siswoyo along with 6 other lieutenant generals, namely: Fachrul Razi (Deputy Chairman), Djamari Chaniago (secretary), Arie J. Kumaat, Agum Gumelar, Susilo Bambanv Yudhoyono, and Yusuf Kartanegara.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">This council is examining Prabowo on 7 points of accusation; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">one of which is deliberately making mistakes in task analysis, carrying out and controlling operations in the context of national stability which are not within his authority, but are the authority of the Commander of the Army, not involving organic staff in staff procedures, control and supervision, and often going abroad without permission from the Army Chief of Staff or Commander of the Army.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">During the trial, Prabowo claimed he was a prisoner of war protected by\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">the Geneva Convention<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0and frequently exercised his right not to speak, much to the frustration of council members who already had to wear bulletproof vests. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo was tried based on the Criminal Code and the Military Criminal Code.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">DKP decided that Prabowo was guilty and had committed a criminal act of disobedience (Article 103 of the Military Criminal Code); <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">ordering the deprivation of liberty of other people (Article 55 (1) 2nd of the Military Criminal Code and Article 333 of the Criminal Code), and kidnapping (Article 55 (1) 2nd and Article 328 of the Criminal Code). <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo&#8217;s dismissal from military service caused controversy during the 2009 general election, when politician Gerindra Fadli Zon denied that Prabowo had been fired, but rather &#8220;dismissed with honor&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Karir_Bisnis_Prabowo_Subianto\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo Subianto&#8217;s Business Career<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">After Prabowo left his military career, he chose to follow his younger brother&#8217;s career as an entrepreneur. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the business world, Prabowo owns and leads 27 companies in Indonesia and also abroad. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo became president and CEO\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">of PT Tidar Kerinci Agung<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0which operates in the palm oil production sector, then PT Nusantara Energy which operates in the oil and gas, mining, agriculture, forestry and pulp sectors, and also\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">PT Jaladri Nusantara<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0which operates in the fisheries sector.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">His career began by buying\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Kiani Kertas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , a paper factory management company located in Mangkajang, East Kalimantan. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Previously, Kiani Kertas was owned by Bob Hasan, a businessman close to President Soeharto. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo also bought Kiani Kertas using a loan worth Rp. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">1.8 trillion. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo changed the name Kiani Kertas to\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Kertas Nusantara<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> . <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Nusantara Group company owned by Prabowo also controls twenty-seven companies at home and abroad. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo&#8217;s businesses operate in the plantation, mining, palm oil and coal sectors.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In 2011, it was reported that\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">PT Kertas Nusantara<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0had 161 creditors consisting of 136 concurrent creditors, 18 special creditors and 7 separatist creditors. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Based on verification from the Business Competition Supervisory Commission, at that time the total debt of Kertas Nusantara reached IDR 14.31 trillion. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On June 9 2011, the Central Jakarta Commercial Court ordered PT Kertas Nusantara to pay a debt of Rp. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">142 billion to PT Multi Alphabet as one of the creditors within forty-five years, if not, Kertas Nusantara is threatened with being declared bankrupt. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On July 22 2011, PT Kertas Nusantara survived the threat of bankruptcy after 89% of creditors agreed to provide an extension of time for debt payments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On January 20 2015, PT Kertas Nusantara was again hit by problems because around 600 employees of PT Kertas Nusantara in Berau Regency, East Kalimantan staged a demonstration demanding salaries that had not been paid for 5 months. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">However, this news was directly denied by Indra Alam. He felt that he had never made a statement that he invited workers to demonstrate at the HI Roundabout and boycott Prabowo in the elections. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">PT Kertas Nusantara management has also confirmed that the salary debt problem has been resolved since March 2014. Director of PT Kertas Nusantara Winson Pola never apologized and explained that this was caused by financial difficulties due to the factory not operating at full capacity in mid-2013 .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Read Also :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Permalink to: Biography of Ridwan Kamil: Career Journey to Becoming Governor of West Java\" href=\"https:\/\/mudabicara.com\/en\/biography-of-ridwan-kamil-career-journey-to-becoming-governor-of-west-java\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Biography of Ridwan Kamil: Career Journey to Becoming Governor of West Java<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<h2><span id=\"Karir_Politik_Prabowo_Subianto\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo Subianto&#8217;s Political Career<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo Subianto&#8217;s political career began when he was about to run as a candidate for Indonesian president from the Golkar Party at the 2004 Golkar Presidential Candidate Convention. Even though he passed, in the end Prabowo lost the vote to Wiranto.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Together with his younger brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, former student activist Fadli Zon and former Deputy V of the State Intelligence Agency for Raising Muchdi Purwoprandjono and a number of other names, on February 6 2008 he founded the Greater Indonesia Movement Party or Gerindra. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the Gerindra party, Prabowo serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Central Leadership Council (DPP). <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Gerindra Party won 4,646,406 votes (4.46%) and placed twenty-six representatives in the DPR RI in the 2009 Indonesian Legislative Election.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On May 9 2008, the Gerindra Party expressed its desire to nominate Prabowo as a presidential candidate in the 2009 elections. However, after a difficult bargaining process, Prabowo was finally willing to become Megawati Soekarnoputri&#8217;s presidential candidate. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The two signed\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">a Slate Agreement<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0which stated that:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">1. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and the Gerindra Party nominated Megawati as a presidential candidate and Prabowo as a vice presidential candidate in the 2009 elections.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">2. If both are elected, Prabowo can control Indonesia&#8217;s economic programs and policies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">3. Prabowo can determine who will become Minister of Forestry, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Finance, Minister of Industry, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Minister of Law and Human Rights, and also Minister of Defense.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">4. The government that is formed will support the PDI Perjuangan&#8217;s people&#8217;s program and also the eight action programs of the Gerindra Party for the prosperity of the people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">5. Funding for elections will be shared.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">6. Megawati will support Prabowo&#8217;s candidacy as a presidential candidate for the 2014 election.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the 2009 presidential election, Prabowo became the richest vice presidential candidate. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo has total assets of Rp. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">1.579 trillion and $7.57 million, including 84 special horses, some of which cost up to 3 billion each and a number of luxury cars. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">This wealth is 160 times the wealth reported in 2003.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The results of a quick count from the Indonesian Survey Institute, the Indonesian Survey Circle, the Economic and Social Research, Education and Information Institute, the Center for Strategic Policy and Development Studies, CIRUS, the Information Research Institute, and Metro TV&#8217;s Quick Count, predict that the Megawati-Prabowo pair will lose badly to couple Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The KPU Manual calculation results announced on July 25 2009 were not much different from the quick count results.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the 2014 presidential candidate election, the Greater Indonesia Movement Party stated that it would nominate Prabowo as its candidate for president of Indonesia. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo stated that he was ready to be nominated as president. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Although several survey institutions noted that Prabowo&#8217;s electability was the highest when compared to other presidential candidates. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In fact, quite a few political observers believe that Prabowo&#8217;s steps will hamper the very low electability of the Greater Indonesia Movement Party.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the 2014 legislative general election, based on Kompas&#8217; quick calculations up to April 9 2014, Gerindra won third place with 11.58%, while PDIP won 19.52% and Golkar won 15.22%. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prabowo Subianto presented \u201c <\/span><\/span><strong><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Six National Transformation Action Programs<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u201c. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In his campaign, Prabowo stated that if he was elected President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo wanted to build a strong, sovereign, just and prosperous economy, implement a people&#8217;s economy, build food and energy sovereignty and monitor water resources, improve the quality of Indonesia&#8217;s human development through education, health, and other programs. social and cultural, as well as building infrastructure and preserving nature and the environment, as well as building a government that is free from corruption, strong, firm and effective.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<pre id=\"grame-252261452\" class=\"grame-amp-6\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Read Also : <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Permalink to: Biography of the Founder of Youtube: The Largest Video Sharing Platform in the World\" href=\"https:\/\/mudabicara.com\/en\/biography-of-the-founder-of-youtube-the-largest-video-sharing-platform-in-the-world\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Biography of the Founder of Youtube: The Largest Video Sharing Platform in the World<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the presidential election, Prabowo ran again by appointing Sandiaga Uno as his vice presidential candidate. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">However, victory was not on his side. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">On October 23 2019, Prabowo was appointed as the 26th Minister of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet for the period 2019 to 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn&#8217;t know the great figure Prabowo Subianto? 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