Joko Widodo inaugurated as Indonesian president | Inquirer News

Joko Widodo inaugurated as Indonesian president

/ 12:59 PM October 20, 2014

Indonesia Joko Widodo

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, reads his oath during his inauguration ceremony as the country’s seventh president at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. AP

JAKARTA – Joko Widodo was inaugurated as Indonesia’s president Monday, capping a remarkable rise from an upbringing in a riverside slum.

Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, took the oath at a ceremony in parliament before lawmakers and visiting foreign dignitaries.

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