 President Joko Widodo taking his presidential oath of office in 2014 | |
| Date | 20 October 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10-20) |
|---|---|
| Location | Parliamentary Complex,Jakarta |
| Organized by | People's Consultative Assembly |
| Participants |
|
 | |
| ||
|---|---|---|
Pre-presidency Presidency Summits Elections | ||
| Gallery: Picture, Sound, Video | ||
Thefirst inauguration of Joko Widodo as the 7thpresident of Indonesia took place on Monday, 20 October 2014 at theParliamentary Complex,Jakarta. This ceremony marked the commencement of the first five-year term ofJoko Widodo (universally known as Jokowi) aspresident and second non-consecutive and final term ofJusuf Kalla asvice president.
Jokowi and Kalla won the2014 election with 53.15% of the popular vote against their only rivals,Prabowo Subianto andHatta Rajasa.[1]
Joko Widodo was elected in the highly competitive 2014 election. Jokowi, who held the post of mayor ofSurakarta and thegovernor 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, includingblusukan (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]
The inauguration ceremony was started on 10:00 local time (03:00UTC). It was held on thePeople's Consultative Assembly parliamentary session led by assembly speakerZulkifli 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 byJusuf Kalla afterwards.
After his inauguration, Joko Widodo delivered his inaugural address, titledDi Bawah Kehendak Rakyat dan Konstitusi (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 activeforeign policy.[5][6]
After the inauguration ceremony, the process continued by a people's festival that took place in theMonas monument, a few kilometres away from theDPR/MPR Building. Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla joined the cultural parade started fromHotel Indonesia roundabout to theIstana 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]
.jpg)
Local guests attended the ceremony including the former presidents of Indonesia,B. J. Habibie andMegawati Sukarnoputri, and former First LadySinta Nuriyah. Former vice presidentsTry Sutrisno andHamzah Haz also attended the inauguration. His rivals during the election,Prabowo Subianto andHatta 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]
Tony Abbott,Prime Minister of Australia
Hassanal Bolkiah,Sultan of Brunei
Andrew Saxton, Member of theHouse of Commons andParliamentary Secretary to theMinister of Finance of Canada
Yan Junqi, vice-chairwoman of theNational People's Congress of China
Taur Matan Ruak,President of East Timor
Yasuo Fukuda, formerPrime Minister of Japan (as Emperor of Japan's Special Envoy)
Kim Tae-hwan and Ham Jin-gyu, President of South Korea's Special Envoy
Herman Tjeenk Willink,Minister of State of the Netherlands (as King of the Netherlands' Special Envoy)
Murray McCully,Foreign Minister of New Zealand
Peter O'Neill,Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
Albert del Rosario,Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
Denis Manturov,Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia
Lee Hsien Loong,Prime Minister of Singapore
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa,Minister of Petroleum Industries of Sri Lanka
Thanasak Patimaprakorn,Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister of Thailand
Nurettin Canikli,Minister of Customs and Trade of Turkey
John Kerry,Secretary of State of the United States
Đào Việt Trung [vi], President of Vietnam's Special Envoy.jpg)
