List of Presidents of Indonesia

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This is a list of Presidents of Indonesia. The President of the Republic of Indonesia (Presiden Republik Indonesia) is the most powerful person in the Republic of Indonesia.

The presidency was established during the formulation of the 1945 constitution by the Badan Penyelidik Usaha Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia (BPUPKI), a research body for the preparation of Indonesian independence. On 18 August 1945, the Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia (PPKI), which was created on 7 August to replace BPUPKI, selected Sukarno as the country's first president.

Key

#	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President
1	File:Soekarno.jpg	Sukarno	18 August 1945	12 March 1967 ^[1]	Non-Partisan	Mohammad Hatta
1	File:Soekarno.jpg	Sukarno	18 August 1945	12 March 1967 ^[1]	Non-Partisan	vacant 1956 – 1973
2	File:President Suharto, 1993.jpg	Suharto	12 March 1967	21 May 1998	Golkar	vacant 1956 – 1973
						Hamengkubuwana IX
						Adam Malik
						Umar Wirahadikusumah
						Sudharmono
						Try Sutrisno
						Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie
3	File:Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie official portrait.jpg	Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie	21 May 1998	20 October 1999	Golkar	vacant
4	File:President Abdurrahman Wahid - Indonesia.jpg	Abdurrahman Wahid	20 October 1999	23 July 2001	National Awakening Party	Megawati Sukarnoputri
5	File:President Megawati Sukarnoputri - Indonesia.jpg	Megawati Sukarnoputri	23 July 2001	20 October 2004	Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle	Hamzah Haz
6	File:Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 2009.png	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	20 October 2004	Incumbent	Democratic Party	Jusuf Kalla
6	File:Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 2009.png	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	20 October 2004	Incumbent	Democratic Party	Boediono

^ Sukarno lost his executive powers on 1966 11 March, but he was not stripped of his presidential title by the Indonesian parliament until one year and one day later.