Who is Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s likely upcoming president?

.ON TIKTOK PRABOWO SUBIANTO is actually a charming grandfather who loves his cat, Bobby, and also dancings awfully. This affectionate internet identity aids him hoover up millions of likes. Currently it has gained him 10s of countless votes.

His opponents have actually urged Indonesians to wait for formal end results, but the outcome may be inevitable. Mr Prabowo has professed success in Indonesia’s presidential vote-casting, hung on February 14th. An informal simple count through 4 Indonesian pollsters reckons he won 58% of the ballot, comfortably going over the fifty% limit demanded to steer clear of a runoff.

(Main results will definitely not be released till March 20th.) The male who seems likely to lead the world’s third-biggest freedom is hemming and haw an unpleasant past times– one that few younger Indonesians either understand or love. That is actually Indonesia’s presumptive president-elect and what was his route to power?