Gerindra Party
political party, Indonesia
Also known as: Great Indonesia Movement Party, Partai Gerkan Indonesia Raya
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history of Indonesia
- In Indonesia: Indonesia after Suharto
…Party (Partai Gerkan Indonesia Raya; Gerindra) in the July 2014 presidential election. Jokowi faced a legislative challenge, however, because Gerindra, led by Prabowo, was able to form a large-majority coalition in the parliament that included the PD, Golkar, and the Muslim PPP. In 2015 Indonesia’s economic performance was solid but…
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Prabowo
- In Prabowo Subianto: Political career
…his own political party, the Gerindra Party. Gerindra then joined forces with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to nominate Prabowo for vice president on the ticket of former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri in the 2009 presidential election. The pair lost the contest to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his…
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