Indonesian general and politician, 6th President of Indonesia

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired military officer who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president from the military after Suharto. He founded the Democratic Party of Indonesia and served as its 4th chairman from 2014 until 2020. He also served as the 8th and 10th Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs from 2000 until 2001 and again from 2001 until 2004. He also served as the president of the Assembly and chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute.

Born

1949

September 9

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1940s

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1949 Born

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337 Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
1000 Battle of Svolder during the Viking Age.
1141 Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
1320 In the Battle of Saint George, the Byzantines under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.

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The world in 1949

When Susilo arrived

april 1 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
april 1 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
april 18 The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
april 20 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.

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Clare Sheridan 1885–1970 English sculptor and author (born 1885) Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1923– American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008) Houston Stewart Chamberlain 1855–1927 English-German philosopher and author (born 1855) James Agate 1877–1947 English author and critic (born 1877) Joe Theismann 1949– American football player and sportscaster Julia Sawalha 1968– English actress Mattias Öhlund 1976– Swedish ice hockey player Otis Redding 1941–1967 American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1941) Paul Goodman 1911–1972 American psychotherapist and author (born 1911)

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Alan García 1949–2019 Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949) Alla Pugacheva 1949– Russian singer-songwriter and actress Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Beth Grant 1949– American actress Billy Joel 1949– American singer-songwriter and pianist Carlos the Jackal 1949– Venezuelan terrorist David A. Cherry 1949– American artist and illustrator Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Don Baylor 1949–2017 American baseball player (born 1949)

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