Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto on Sunday took over as president of the world's third-largest democracy after sweeping the country's election with policies like free meals for school children and with the outgoing leader's son as his running mate.

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto on Sunday took over as Indonesia’s eighth president after sweeping the country’s election with policies like free meals for schoolchildren and with the outg

Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto on Sunday will take over as president of the world's third-largest democracy after sweeping the country's election with policies like free meals for school children and with the outgoing leader's son as his running mate.

Indonesia's first woman finance minister, Sri Mulyani, 62, is already one of the country's longest serving finance ministers, working under presidents Yudhoyono and Widodo. She has won international recognition for reforming Indonesia's tax system and steering Southeast Asia's largest economy through the global financial crisis in 2008 and the pandemic.

Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated Sunday as the eighth president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, completing his journey from an ex-general accused of rights abuses during the dark days of Indonesia’s military dictatorship to the presidential palace.

The 73-year-old successor to Indonesia’s Joko Widodo has undergone a remarkable transformation to lead a country of 280 million people.