General (Ret.) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was born in 9 September 1949 is the sixth President of Indonesia (2004 – 2009) after Presidents Sukarno, Suharto, Habibie, Abdurahman Wahid and Megawati.
Education
Bachelor degree from Indonesia’s military academy in 1973.
Joining the Airborne and Ranger Course at Fort Benning United States in 1975.
Masters degree in Management from Webster University in 1991.
PhD in agricultural economics from Insitut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) Bogor Agricultural Institute on 3 October 2004
Participating in Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benning USA and in the On The Job Training with the 82nd Airborne Division (1981 / 1982)
Joining jungle warfare school in Panama in 1982
Undertaking the Antitank weapons Course in Belgium and Canada in 1983 / 1984
Taking a Battalion Commando Course in Malaysia in 1985
Studying at US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1991
Career
Joining Kostrad and became a platoon Commander in the 330 Airborne Battalion
Mortar platoon commander in 1977
Operations Officer for an Airborne Brigade during 1977-1978
Battalion Commander at Kostrad between 1979-1981
At Army Headquarters for two years 1981-1982
Commander of the Infantry Trainers’ School 1983
Batalion Commander KODAM IX/Udayana Bali between 1986-1988
Indonesia’s Chief Military Observer of United Nation Peacekeeping Force in Bosnia in 1995-96
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As reported by BBC, Mr Yudhoyono is probably best known internationally for his leading role in Indonesia’s fight against terrorism in the wake of the Bali bombing in 2002.
His speech on the anniversary of the attack was seen as one of the strongest delivered by any Indonesian leader on an issue which is still politically sensitive.
[...] Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been sworn-in for the second time as the seventh Indonesia president yesterday. Last night, he [...]
[...] Bring First Lady, Daughters to “Old Haunting Grounds” After meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President Obama said he accepted an invitation to visit the world’s most populous Muslim [...]
[...] President Hugo Chavez will be blogging in the coming days or weeks. Unlike Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)’s “blog” which is no more than a compilation of news about and speeches [...]
Bandung, 28 – April -2010
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Assalamualaikum wr.wb
Bapak presiden yang kami kagumi dan yang kami hormati, sebelumnya kami ingin memperkenalkan diri, kami adalah kelompok dari kelas VIII-G di SMPN 4 Bandung yang beralamat di jalan samoja no 5 Bandung, kami di perintahkan untuk melakukan sebuah simulasi pemilihan umum di sekolah kami.
Sebelumnya kami meminta maaf karena telah mengganggu waktu anda. Kami ingin mengetahui bagaimana cara-cara anda untuk menjadi seorang presiden yang baik, bijaksana, dan jujur dalam menjalankan tugasnya sebagai presiden dan wakil presiden, karena kami diberi tugas oleh guru PKN kami yaitu ibu Yatti Rosmiati M.pd untuk melakukan kegiatan simulasi pemilihan umum di sekolah kami. Kami juga sudah membuat visi, misi, dan tujuan kami untuk simulasi pemilihan umum nanti, maka kami juga ingin mengetahui visi, misi, dan tujuan anda untuk menjadi seorang presiden.
Demikianlah surat yang kami buat, sebelumnya mohon maaf yang sebesar-besarnya jika ada kata-kata yang tidak berkenan di hati anda. Kami mohon anda dapat membalas surat ini, kami mengucapkan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya atas waktu yang anda luangkan.
Wassalamualaikum wr.wb