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View all search resultsBahlil Lahadalia, the newly appointed energy minister and the president's right-hand man, was chosen as party leader at the annual congress of Golkar, the party of the late autocrat President Suharto, who ruled Indonesia for three decades until 1998.
Bahlil Lahadalia, who was elected Golkar chair in an uncontested race on Wednesday, made a cryptic reference to a "Javanese king" in his preelection speech, warning the party's executives not to "play around" with the unidentified figure or else suffer the consequences.
Bahlil Lahadalia, a close aide of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has won an uncontested race for the Golkar Party chairmanship after other potential challengers failed to gain the required support from regional branches, an outcome analysts say creates an opportunity for the outgoing President to join the party’s ranks.
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