Suharto born
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Prabowo Subianto
President of Indonesia since 2024
Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (modern orthography: Joyohadikusumo; born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and retired army general serving as the eighth president of Indonesia since 2024. He was previously the 26th minister of defense under president Joko Widodo from 2019 to 2024. Prabowo is Indonesia's third president to have a military background after Suharto and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and is the oldest first-term president in Indonesian history.
Prabowo Subianto graduated from the Indonesian Military Academy (Akademi Militer Nasional) in 1970 and primarily served in the Special Forces (Kopassus) until he was appointed to lead the Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) in 1998. Later that same year, he was discharged from the military and subsequently banned from entering the United States for allegedly committing human rights abuses.[1][2][3][4][5]
In early 2008, Prabowo's inner circle established the Gerindra Party. In the 2009 presidenti
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The Story of Erasmus Huis (1970-present): Promoting Dutch Culture in the Heart of the Indonesian Capital
In a series of three articles, we sketch the story of Erasmus Huis, the cultural centre of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Jakarta, in the context of cultural and diplomatic interactions between Indonesia and the Netherlands. This third and final article covers the development of the Erasmus Huis and its programming up until the present day.
“Cultural relations between countries are of utmost importance. We need to understand each other’s culture”, spoke the Director-General of Culture Haryati Subadio at the opening of the new Erasmus Huis building in 1981. Indeed, since its opening in 1970, the cultural centre had heralded a new era of strengthening bilateral relations between Indonesia and the Netherlands, in which cultural collaborations played a significant role. Its role evolved along political changes, shifting social trends and movements of supply and demand. As a Dutch cultural centre located in the ever-expanding mega-city of Jakarta, its position and progr
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