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Prabowo finally takes the office he has craved

The former military commander looks to have secured the Indonesian presidency – but will his time in office herald a new era for the country?

James Curran
James CurranInternational editor

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One of the questions hovering above the candidacy of Prabowo Subianto for the Indonesian presidency has been whether his term in office would be a sequel to the incumbent, Joko Widodo, or a new departure.

That he looks to have clinched a win in the first round might well have answered that question. Much now depends on how Prabowo interprets that mandate.

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James Curran is The Australian Financial Review’s International Editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University.

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