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Jakarta – With the 2024 Indonesian general and presidential elections within days, we take a look at profiles of the president/vice-president candidates for 2024-2029 presidency period. Who are they? And who do you mostly like to vote? A. President candidates 1. Anies Baswedan Anies Baswedan is an Indonesian politician born in Kuningan, West Java. He was worked as minister of education and culture (Mendikbud) from 2014 until 2017. Baswedan became the governor of Jakarta from 2017 until 2022 after the previous governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) became commissioner for one of national companies in Indonesia. Anies resigned from his Jakarta governor job after in November 2022 he began his candidacy for his 2024-2029 presidential election campaign. 2. Prabowo Subianto Prabowo is considered (and acknowledged) as the hardest thinking politician since carrying his military experiences during the Soeharto era. After Soeharto's fall in 1998, Prabowo still remained the most vicious pol...

JAKARTA – With the 2024 Indonesian general election to be held on February 14, 2024 (along with the two-round presidential election ), there are many celebrites who became candidates for regional council for 2024-2029. And here are some celebrities who are the candidates from Jakarta region. 1. Once Mekel The singer-songwriter who formerly brought his singing voices in the popular rock band Dewa 19 in 2000s, will represent PDIP party for supporting Ganjar-Mahfud coalition . He will become a legislative candidate for Jakarta 2, covering South Jakarta, Central Jakarta, and Overseas regions, while his former bandmate Ahmad Dhani will be voted for Surabaya and Sidoarjo regions, representing Gerindra party for supporting Prabowo-Gibran coalition . 2. Pasha (Sigit Purnomo) The singer-songwriter known as the lead vocalist for the band UNGU, will represent PAN party for supporting Prabowo-Gibran. Pasha will be voted under his election number 5 for Jakarta 3...