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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was elected as the 6th President of Indonesia in 2004 after a distinguished military career. He received his Masters degree from Webster University in 1991 and a Doctorate in Agricultural Economics from Bogor Institute of Agriculture in 2004. As President, Yudhoyono aims to create a more just, peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Indonesia.

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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was elected as the 6th President of Indonesia in 2004 after a distinguished military career. He received his Masters degree from Webster University in 1991 and a Doctorate in Agricultural Economics from Bogor Institute of Agriculture in 2004. As President, Yudhoyono aims to create a more just, peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Indonesia.

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General TNI (Ret) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, popularly known as SBY, was born in Pacitan, East

Java, on 9 September 1949. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1973-top in his class. He received his
fourth star in 2000. In the first-ever direct presidential election in Indonesia in 2004, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,
running on a platform for "more just, more peaceful, more prosperous, and more democratic Indonesia", was
elected as the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia, gaining a landslide 60% of the popular vote over the
incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri.
 
President Yudhoyono is also an accomplished scholar. He was educated in the United States, where he
received his Masters degree in Management from Webster University in 1991. He continued his study and
earned a Doctorate Degree in Agricultural Economics from Bogor Institute of Agriculture, West Java, Indonesia,
in 2004. President Yudhoyono was awarded with two honorary doctorates in 2005, respectively in the field of law
from his alma mater, Webster University, and in political science from Thammasat University in Thailand.

During his 27-year distinguished military service, President Yudhoyono took an extensive range of
training, education and courses, both in Indonesia and overseas. President Yudhoyono also held numerous
important posts and positions as troop and territorial commander, staff officer, trainer and lecturer. He served
both in the field and at headquarters, as well as missions overseas. He was the Commander of the United
Nations Military Observers and Commander of the Indonesian Military Contingent in Bosnia-Herzegovina from
1995-1996.

President Yudhoyono already wrote a number of books and articles including: Transforming Indonesia:
Selected International Speeches (2005), Peace deal with Aceh is just a beginning (2005), The Making of a
Hero  (2005), Revitalization of the Indonesian Economy: Business, Politics and Good Governance (2002),
and Coping with the Crisis - Securing the Reform (1999). Taman Kehidupan (Garden of Life) is his anthology
published in 2004. President Yudhoyono speaks English fluently.

President Yudhoyono is a Moslem. He is married to Madam Ani Herrawati. The first couple is blessed
with two sons. The oldest is First Lieutenant Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, who graduated top in his class from the
Military Academy in 2000 and is now serving at the elite 305th Airborne Battalion of the Army Strategic Reserves
Command (KOSTRAD). The youngest, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, earned his degree in Economics from Curtin
University, Australia.

President Yudhoyono is a

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