On 9 April 2009 another general election will be held in Indonesia after which we will have another new democratically elected president. Since gaining its Independence from Japan in 1945, and sucessfully defended the Dutch attack in 1949, Indonesia-barring Suharto and Habibie- has democratically elected six presidents. All presidents of course has their own plus and flipside. Having said that, there should be one or two who one thinks had the best performance & capability as the head of state of the country.
Who do you think the Indonesian president who deserves the awards as being the Best President of Indonesia of all time, the second and the third? And who is the worst? And what is the reason behind your choice?
Last but not least, who will you vote as the new president in the 2009 general election (SBY, Megawati, Amin Rais, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, Gus Dur, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Wiranto, Prabowo)?
The following is the list of Indonesian presidents:
1. Sukarno 18 August 1945 – 12 March 1967
2. Suharto 12 March 1967 – 21 May 1998
3. Bacharuddin Jusuf (B J) Habibie 21 May 1998 – 20 October 1999
4. Abdurrahman Wahid 20 October 1999 – 23 July 2001
5. Megawati Sukarnoputri 23 July 2001 – 20 October 2004
6. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 20 October 2004 – 2009
i think habibie is very best president…
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Soekarno the best president? Maaan… learn your history will you??!!
When he was president, Indonesia’s economy was at its worst, even worse than the 1998 crisis (Remember 1000 percent inflation?) And he used what was left of Indonesia’s money to built many useless “mercusuar” projects.
I read somewhere that Despite many changes in government between 1949-1959, Indonesia’s economy was actually ran fairly effective. Even the process of making a new and better constitution to replace Temporary constitution of 1950 was ran fairly smooth until the part that called on to stripping off presidential rights, Soekarno came and disbanded the parliament in 1959 with his guided democracy (aka became dictator). After that Indonesia’a situation became worse as the communist thrived.
Even his role as the unifier of Indonesia is arguable, without him Indonesian was still wanted to be together. Most of Indonesia’s so called “rebel” in Soekarno’s time was against him, not for a separation (except maybe RMS and OPM). PRRI-Permesta, PKI 1948, or DI/TII was indeed rebels, but still with the term Indonesia.
He was alright as a leader before independence. After several years in power he turns into an incompetent leader. If I sound like an anti Soekarno, because I am. And sorry for Mr. Fatih for hijacking your blogs for my rants.
This is only my stupid opinion lho ya. The best Indonesian leader (not to say president) ya KH. Agus Salim. To know more about him learn by yourself, and don’t ask me here as I have no space to ‘cuap-cuap’ here. Adapun next Soekarno elected to be Indonesian Presiden, ya because he had a `clever-to-speak` ability so that he then best known as an orator. So, from my own view no one as Fatih listed above is the best. My best is Prophet Muhammad, and sure the best President of Blogged-in-English belongs to you, AF Syuhud Bhai accompanied by your Vice, AyamJANTAN, myself. Hahahaha…Kabuuurrr..
If there’s a copy of Soeharto, then I will vote for him!
semenjak soekarno gak ada..gak ada sosok pengganti yang tepat buat negara kita ini… kenapa ya?
klo boleh milih..kenapa kita gak sekalian dijajah lagi oleh bangsa lain!! lebih baik begitu daripada tumbuh melihat negara yang berkembang telah dijajah secara mental dan ekonominya oleh bangsa lain..knp? karena mental kebanyakan orang indonesia sudah cacat dan perlu pembaruan…
kaum kapitalis dimana – mana… ekonomi di perintah negara digdaya.. harga sembako tergantung pasang surut perusahaan swasta dan kaum investor.. teknologi impor dari luar.. tayangan tv dah banyak yg tak berpendidikan… sudah sepantasnya calon presiden siap menjawab dan menangani masalah itu
The best Indonesian president has not yet been elected!
Maybe the title of this post should be who has been Indonesia’s best president to date?
hmm…no wonder, what i’m going to vote for the next president,everything just the same, they all only sell a word, in mean while take a look we all going down.
May be Mas fatih syuhud would like to become a new president On next general election?? kaburrr…