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Wiranto reelected chief of Hanura Party
Former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Wiranto has been unanimously reelected chairman of the Hanura Party and will lead the party until 2020
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ormer Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Wiranto has been unanimously reelected chairman of the Hanura Party and will lead the party until 2020.
'I will prepare our future leaders in the next five years,' he said after being inaugurated during the party's national congress on Saturday.
He said that he was expecting young leaders from the party to be ready to take over party leadership by 2019.
After failing to win the 2004 presidential election, Wiranto and several retired Army generals formed Hanura. Last year, Wiranto attempted to run for president with running mate media tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibjo but failed to garner enough support from other political parties to nominate himself.
Hanura later joined the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to nominate then presidential candidate Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo.
Industry Minister Saleh Husin and Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Yuddy Chrisnadi are both Hanura members.
Hanura held its national congress last weekend, which was attended by President Jokowi, PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri and other leaders of the President's Great Indonesia Coalition. (***)
