Colloquially known as Jokowi, he has cast himself as an economic reformer committed to reducing red tape while also seeking foreign investment for major infrastructure projects. Security issues ...

Last year, critics say, Joko — widely known to Indonesians as Jokowi — engineered a Constitutional Court ruling that let his 36-year-old son run for vice president.

Joko Widodo rose from a slum to the presidency. But with his tenure ending, he is being accused of undermining democracy by trying to install a political dynasty. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from ...

according to Ben Bland in a 2020 biography of Jokowi, Man of Contradictions. The pair put him forward as a candidate in the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election, which he won. A couple of years ...

Mr Widodo - known as Jokowi - has cultivated a "man of the people" image Joko Widodo has been re-elected as Indonesia's president after last month's vote, beating former general Prabowo Subianto.