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Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang

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Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang (ssē`lō bämbäng y`dōyō'nō), 1949–, Indonesian army officer and political leader, popularly known as SBY, president of Indonesia (2004–), b. Pacitan, Java. A military officer who was trained both in Indonesia and the United States, in the 1990s he came to support a reduction in the military's influence in Indonesian politics and sought in 1998 to facilitate President Suharto Suharto or Soeharto (both: s
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's resignation. Under Presidents Wahid Wahid, Abdurrahman, 1940–, Indonesian religious and political leader popularly called Gus Dur, president of Indonesia (1999–2001). A Muslim scholar and political moderate who supports separation of religion and state and rights for women and minorities,
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 and Megawati Megawati Sukarnoputri (mĕg'əwä`tē s
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 he served as minister for security and political affairs but ultimately broke with both leaders. In 2004 he challenged Megawati for the presidency and won a landslide victory after a runoff election, becoming Indonesia's first directly elected president.


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