Английская Википедия:First inauguration of Joko Widodo
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox event Шаблон:Joko Widodo series The first inauguration of Joko Widodo as the seventh president of Indonesia took place on Monday, 20 October 2014 at the DPR/MPR Building, Jakarta. This ceremony marked the commencement of the first five-year term of Joko Widodo (universally known as Jokowi) as president and second non-consecutive and final term of Jusuf Kalla as vice president.
Jokowi and Kalla won the 2014 election with 53.15% of the popular vote against their only rivals, Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa.[1]
Context
Шаблон:See also Joko Widodo was elected in the highly competitive 2014 election. Jokowi, who held the post of mayor of Surakarta and the governor of Jakarta receives widespread national and international media attention due to his unique background and style. He is the son of a carpenter who worked as a furniture exporter before becoming a politician. He is the first Indonesian president not to have come from the military or political elite.[2] His unique leadership style, including blusukan (spending time in impoverished areas to informally chat with the people), proved very popular among Indonesians.[3]
Five days before his inauguration, Time magazine featured him on the cover page, titled "A New Hope".[4]
Inauguration ceremony
The inauguration ceremony was started on 10:00 local time (03:00 UTC). It was held on the People's Consultative Assembly parliamentary session led by assembly speaker Zulkifli Hasan. Before the reading of the oath, he read the proclamation on the election results. President-elect Joko Widodo then read the presidential oath, followed by Jusuf Kalla afterwards.
After his inauguration, Joko Widodo delivered his inaugural address, titled Шаблон:Lang (Under the Will of the People and the Constitution). In his speech, he promised that his government would ensure every citizen throughout the archipelago, including its furthest reaches, would be served. He also calls for unity among Indonesians and announcing his determination to establish Indonesia as a maritime country. To foreign guests and delegates, he said that Indonesia would remain consistent with its free and active foreign policy.[5][6]
Post-ceremony events
After the inauguration ceremony, the process continued by a people's festival that took place in the Monas monument, a few kilometres away from the DPR/MPR Building. Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla joined the cultural parade started from Hotel Indonesia roundabout to the Istana Merdeka, carried by a chariot.[7] In the Istana, outgoing President Yudhoyono and his cabinet ceremonially handed over the presidential palace with a military procession. He then joined the peoples festival and addressed another speech.[8]
Guests
Local guests attended the ceremony including the former presidents of Indonesia, B. J. Habibie and Megawati Sukarnoputri, and former First Lady Sinta Nuriyah. Former vice presidents Try Sutrisno and Hamzah Haz also attended the inauguration. His rivals during the election, Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa also attended the ceremony, receiving appreciation and applause.[9]
There were several international guests attended the inauguration ceremony, and until the inauguration ceremony, there are more than 90 diplomats and foreign representatives confirmed their attendance.[10]
Foreign attendees
- Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia
- Шаблон:Flagicon Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
- Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Saxton, Member of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance of Canada
- Шаблон:Flagicon Yan Junqi, vice-chairwoman of the National People's Congress of China
- Шаблон:Flagicon Taur Matan Ruak, President of East Timor
- Шаблон:Flagicon Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan (as Emperor of Japan's Special Envoy)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kim Tae-hwan and Ham Jin-gyu, President of South Korea's Special Envoy
- Шаблон:Flagicon Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Шаблон:Flagicon Herman Tjeenk Willink, Minister of State of the Netherlands (as King of the Netherlands' Special Envoy)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Murray McCully, Foreign Minister of New Zealand
- Шаблон:Flagicon Peter O'Neill, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
- Шаблон:Flagicon Albert del Rosario, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
- Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia
- Шаблон:Flagicon Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
- Шаблон:Flagicon Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, Minister of Petroleum Industries of Sri Lanka
- Шаблон:Flagicon Thanasak Patimaprakorn, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand
- Шаблон:Flagicon Nurettin Canikli, Minister of Customs and Trade of Turkey
- Шаблон:Flagicon John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States
- Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ill, President of Vietnam's Special Envoy
References
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- ↑ Editorial: Start working, Jokowi', 22 January 2013, The Jakarta Post.
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