Prabowo Subianto
Indonesia
Great Indonesia Movement
President of Indonesia
government
Prabowo Subianto is the current President of Indonesia, inaugurated in 2024. He previously served as Defense Minister and was a senior military officer.
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Oct 24, 2026
Lean Right
Indonesia's stock market crisis is self-inflicted, raising questions about Jakarta's regulatory credibility.
Market liberals blame Prabowo's administration for policy missteps that undermine investor confidence and market integrity.
Oct 24, 2026
Lean Right
Indonesia's stock market crisis is being called self-inflicted, raising questions about Jakarta's regulatory credibility.
Market liberals blame his administration's policy uncertainty and weak institutions for spooking capital markets and eroding investor trust.
Oct 20, 2026
Lean Right
Indonesia's stock exchange plunged after MSCI threatened to demote the country from 'emerging market' to 'standalone market' status over lack of reform action.
Market liberals criticize Prabowo for backsliding on promised reforms, which has spooked investors and risks isolating Indonesia from global capital markets.
Oct 19, 2026
Lean Right
The Indonesian President replaced the head of the disaster management agency amid scrutiny over forest fires and air pollution.
Market liberals criticize the slow response as a failure of governance, calling for market-based environmental accountability.
Oct 17, 2026
Far Left
Approval rating falls below 50% amid economic gloom and MSCI threatens to drop Indonesia from indexes.
The left sees Prabowo as a neoliberal strongman whose policies are failing workers, though some anti-imperialists caution against US-centric narratives.
Oct 17, 2026
Lean Right
Indonesia's President replaced the head of the disaster management agency amid criticism over haze from forest fires.
Market liberals criticize the slow response as emblematic of state capacity failures and call for market-based solutions to environmental governance.
Oct 17, 2026
Lean Left
Prabowo's approval rating fell below 50 percent for the first time as cost-of-living concerns and corruption perceptions grow in Indonesia.
For the left, the slide in Prabowo's numbers is a reminder that the global right's populist wave often breaks on the rocks of unmet economic promises and entrenched corruption.
Oct 10, 2026
Lean Right
Indonesians are being recruited into the Russian army, a problem Jakarta has yet to address amid Prabowo's efforts to build closer ties with Russia.
Market liberals fault Prabowo for prioritizing illiberal great-power ties over protecting Indonesian citizens from being used as cannon fodder in Putin's war.
Oct 9, 2026
Lean Right
Indonesians are being recruited into the Russian army amid his push for closer Moscow ties.
Market liberals see his Russia embrace as a risky geopolitical bet that exposes citizens and isolates Jakarta from Western capital.
Oct 5, 2026
Lean Right
Indonesia's president replaced his foreign minister with a career diplomat, potentially reasserting the ministry's role in policymaking.
Market liberals criticize Prabowo for lacking leadership on the transboundary haze crisis, which harms regional health and economic productivity, and for centralizing foreign policy.