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President of Indonesia from to

In this Indonesian name, there is no family name nor a patronymic.

Joko Widodo (Indonesian:[ˈdʒokowiˈdodo]; born Mulyono on 21 June ), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician, engineer, and businessman who served as the seventh president of Indonesia from to Previously a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was the country's first president to not emerge from the country's political or military elite.

He previously served as governor of Jakarta from to and mayor of Surakarta from to

Jokowi was born and raised in a riverside slum in Surakarta. He graduated from Gadjah Mada University in , and married his wife, Iriana, a year later.^[2][3] He worked as a carpenter and a furniture exporter before being elected mayor of Surakarta in ^[4][5] He achieved national prominence as mayor and was elected governor of Jakartain ,^[6] with Basu