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July 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's presidential election is scheduled to kick off on July 8, which will determine the victory among three candidate pairs that were respectively represented by three colors.
Blue Corner:
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Born: Pacitan, East Java, Sept. 9, 1949
Religion: Islam Education: Indonesia Armed Forces Academy, 1973
Career Highlights:
Chief of Sriwijaya Military
Command, 1996-97 Chief of Staff for Social and Political Affairs
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, 1999 Coordinating
Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, 2000-01
President of Indonesia, 2004-present
Boediono
Born: Blitar, East Java, Feb. 25, 1943
Religion: Islam Education: Bachelor of Economics (Hons.), University of Western Australia, 1967
Master of Economics, Monash University, Melbourne,1972
Doctor of Philosophy, Business Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Career Highlights:
Lecturer at the Gadjah Mada University,
Director of Bank Indonesia's People' s Loan Bank [BPR], 1996-97
Director of Bank Indonesia's Monetary Control, 1997-98
State Minister of National Development Planning,1998-99
Minister of Finance, 2001-04 Coordinating
Minister for the Economy, 2005-09
Governor of Bank Indonesia, May 17, 2008-May 14, 2009
Red Corner
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Born: Yogyakarta, Jan. 23, 1947
Religion: Islam
Education: School of Agriculture, Padjadjaran University, 1965-67 (not graduated)
School of Psychology, University of Indonesia, 1970-72 (not graduated)
Career Highlights:
House of Representatives member, 1987-92, 1992-97, 1999-2004
Vice President, 1999-2001
President, 2001-04
PDI-P Chairwoman 1999-present
Prabowo Subianto
Born: Jakarta, Oct. 17, 1951
Religion: Islam
Education: Graduated from the Military Academy in 1974
Career Highlights:
Chief of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus), 1996-98
Chief of the Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad), 1998
Head of Indonesian Association of Farmers, Indonesian Association of Fishermen. Also owner of several companies
Yellow Corner:
Jusuf Kalla
Born: Watampone, South Sulawesi, May 15,1942
Religion: Islam
Education: Economic faculty, University of Hasanuddin, Makassar,1967
The European Institute of Business Administration Fountainebleu, France, 1977
Career Highlights:
President director of N.V. Hadji Kalla, 1969-2001
President director of PT Bumi Karsa, 1988-2001
Minister of Industry and Trade, 1999-2000
Commissioner of PT Bukaka Singtel International, 2000-present
Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, 2001-2004
Vice president of Indonesia, 2004-present
Wiranto
Born: Yogyakarta, April 4, 1947
Religion: Islam
Education: Indonesia Armed Forces Academy, 1968
Career Highlights:
Assistant for operations to chief of staff in the Second Infantry Division of the Army's Strategic Reserve Command, 1988
President Suharto's adjutant, 1989
Jakarta military commander, 1994
Kostrad commander,1996 Army chief of staff, 1997
Armed Forces commander and defense minister, 1998
Chairman of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura)
July 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's presidential election is scheduled to kick off on July 8, which will determine the victory among three candidate pairs that were respectively represented by three colors.
Blue Corner:
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Born: Pacitan, East Java, Sept. 9, 1949
Religion: Islam Education: Indonesia Armed Forces Academy, 1973
Career Highlights:
Chief of Sriwijaya Military
Command, 1996-97 Chief of Staff for Social and Political Affairs
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, 1999 Coordinating
Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, 2000-01
President of Indonesia, 2004-present
Boediono
Born: Blitar, East Java, Feb. 25, 1943
Religion: Islam Education: Bachelor of Economics (Hons.), University of Western Australia, 1967
Master of Economics, Monash University, Melbourne,1972
Doctor of Philosophy, Business Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Career Highlights:
Lecturer at the Gadjah Mada University,
Director of Bank Indonesia's People' s Loan Bank [BPR], 1996-97
Director of Bank Indonesia's Monetary Control, 1997-98
State Minister of National Development Planning,1998-99
Minister of Finance, 2001-04 Coordinating
Minister for the Economy, 2005-09
Governor of Bank Indonesia, May 17, 2008-May 14, 2009
Red Corner
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Born: Yogyakarta, Jan. 23, 1947
Religion: Islam
Education: School of Agriculture, Padjadjaran University, 1965-67 (not graduated)
School of Psychology, University of Indonesia, 1970-72 (not graduated)
Career Highlights:
House of Representatives member, 1987-92, 1992-97, 1999-2004
Vice President, 1999-2001
President, 2001-04
PDI-P Chairwoman 1999-present
Prabowo Subianto
Born: Jakarta, Oct. 17, 1951
Religion: Islam
Education: Graduated from the Military Academy in 1974
Career Highlights:
Chief of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus), 1996-98
Chief of the Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad), 1998
Head of Indonesian Association of Farmers, Indonesian Association of Fishermen. Also owner of several companies
Yellow Corner:
Jusuf Kalla
Born: Watampone, South Sulawesi, May 15,1942
Religion: Islam
Education: Economic faculty, University of Hasanuddin, Makassar,1967
The European Institute of Business Administration Fountainebleu, France, 1977
Career Highlights:
President director of N.V. Hadji Kalla, 1969-2001
President director of PT Bumi Karsa, 1988-2001
Minister of Industry and Trade, 1999-2000
Commissioner of PT Bukaka Singtel International, 2000-present
Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, 2001-2004
Vice president of Indonesia, 2004-present
Wiranto
Born: Yogyakarta, April 4, 1947
Religion: Islam
Education: Indonesia Armed Forces Academy, 1968
Career Highlights:
Assistant for operations to chief of staff in the Second Infantry Division of the Army's Strategic Reserve Command, 1988
President Suharto's adjutant, 1989
Jakarta military commander, 1994
Kostrad commander,1996 Army chief of staff, 1997
Armed Forces commander and defense minister, 1998
Chairman of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura)
