Ibu herawati boediono biography

First Lady of Indonesia

Kristiani Herrawati Yudhoyono (6 July – 1 June ) was an Indonesian political and female activist, who was the wife of former Indonesian PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady of Indonesia from until She was also the daughter of Sarwo Edhie Wibowo.

Family and education

Kristiani Herrawati was born on 6 July in Yogyakarta, to Lt. Gen. (ret.) Sarwo Edhie Wibowo and Sunarti Sri Hadiyah. She was the third child of seven siblings.

In , she became a medical student at the Christian University of Indonesia, but in the third year, she followed her father who was appointed an ambassador to South Korea. She subsequently married Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in Ani later continued studying at Indonesia Open University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in

Career

Yudhoyono's political activities included her appointment as vice chairman of the Democratic Party. At the time of the creation of the party, in , she claimed a leadership position. She campaigned for the successful election of her husband for President of the Republic of Indonesia in Before this, she was active in various women's social organizations during SBY's term as minister under Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Sukarnoputri.

Following her husband's election to the presidency, she organised polio immunisation campaigns and mobil pintar (smart cars), where vans were filled with books for children to read. In , it surfaced that Australian intelligence had been tapping her mobile phone as part of a row between Indonesia and Australia. Also in December of that year, she was mentioned in a leaked diplomatic cable, which accused her of actively influencing her husband on political affairs.

In , a rare Papuan butterfly species was named after her. She was

It should not happen that we as a nation have been given by God abundant natural resources but we cannot utilize them."

Introduction

The first quarter of shows how pathetic and unsatisfactory is the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). He could be claimed as the first democratically elected president, but his mediocrity in leadership has brought many unnecessary problems for most Indonesians. Despite his lack of despondency and resolution, he often could not respond to challenges, problems, and opportunities timely and appropriately. He tended to delay making decisions, especially those relating to major issues. He preferred to discuss issues most in a lengthy and directionless fashion through various government &#;retreat&#; programs and coordination and cabinet meetings. Even though he is on his second, last term of presidency, SBY remains not an effective leader to build lasting legacies. His list of records on solving repeated people&#;s problems, envisioning breakthroughs, or putting the right people in the right position is not quite impressive.

During this period, politics became rather wild because of SBY&#;s failure to manage his authority and popular mandate. His convincing one round, more than 60 percent of popular vote victory in the presidential election evaporated quickly. In less than 2 years, he emerged just like a political pariah where his coalition members dared to challenge his positions in the House of Representatives (DPR-RI) on the Century Bank scandal last year and on the anti-tax mafia investigation initiative in March . Then, he was chickened out to punish defectors, the Golkar party and the Justice and Welfare Party (PKS), though politicians from his main backer Democratic Party (PD) strongly urged for reshuffling the cabinet by kicking out at least PKS from the coalition. The heightened political dynamics since the show down in the DPR-RI and the demand for cabinet reshuffle has fueled speculations and uncertainties that surely disturbed government officials in fulfilling their duties. Consequ