Date | 20 October 2004 |
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Location | Parliamentary Complex, Jakarta |
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 6th president of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla 10th vice president of Indonesia — Assuming office |
On Wednesday, 20 October 2004, President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (better known by his initials as "SBY") was inaugurated as the 6th president of Indonesia. Yudhoyono was the first democratically direct-elected president of Indonesia, after previous presidents was elected by the People's Consultative Assembly. [1]
Yudhoyono took his oath in the Parliamentary Complex in Jakarta. This ceremony marked the commencement of the first five-year term of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as president and first non-consecutive term of Jusuf Kalla as vice president. [2] Both were sworn in after winning the second round of the presidential election on 20 September 2004. [3]
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was nominated for vice president after the MPR selected Megawati to succeed Abdurrahman Wahid by F-KKI, [5] but he lost the election to PPP Chairman Hamzah Haz and DPR Speaker Akbar Tanjung. [6] [7] He reprised his prior cabinet position in Megawati's administration but resigned on 1 March 2004 to join the race for the presidency. [8] The Democratic Party, established as a vehicle for Yudhoyono's political career by secular nationalists who saw the potential of his leadership, [6] received 7.45% of votes and 10% of DPR seats in the April legislative election. [9]
Yudhoyono's running mate was Jusuf Kalla, a Buginese businessman and member of Golkar who served as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare under Megawati. [10] Kalla joined Golkar's selection process for the party's presidential nominee in August 2003 but withdrew his candidacy days before the party convention the following April. [11] [12] Several days later, he resigned his cabinet position and announced his alliance with Yudhoyono. [10]
Yudhoyono-Kalla gained 33,57% votes in the first round of the election. [13] [14] However, the requirements for winning the election is to gain at least 50% of the votes, this made Yudhoyono and Kalla must participate in the second round. On 20 September 2004, Yudhoyono-Kalla won 69,266,350 votes or 60.62% in the second round of the election beating Megawati-Hasyim. [13] [15] Yudhoyono and Kalla was Inaugurated on 20 October 2004. [1]
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) session with the agenda for the Inauguration of the elected President and Vice President for the 2004-2009 period was held at 10:20 Western Indonesia Time ( UTC +7). [16] The session was chaired by the Chairperson of the MPR, Hidayat Nur Wahid. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla were sworn in at the DPR/MPR Building, on October 20, 2004. [1] Yudhoyono and Kalla read out his oath of office in front of 611 out of 678 MPR RI members who were present. [17] President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Vice-president Hamzah Haz did not attend the inaugural event. [18] [19]
It was the first time that foreign leaders had witnessed the swearing in of a new Indonesian president and vice-president. [20] [19] This is the list of foreign leaders who attended Yudhoyono's inauguration: