Sutiyoso

Infobox_Governor
name=General Sutiyoso


width=180px
height=220px
caption=
order=12th
office=Governor of Jakarta
term_start=1997
term_end=2007
lieutenant=
predecessor=Surjadi Sudirdja
successor=Fauzi Bowo
birth_date=6 December 1944
birth_place=Semarang, Central Java
death_date=
death_place=
party=
profession=Chairman of the Badminton Association of Indonesia
spouse=
religion=Islam


footnotes=

Sutiyoso (born 6 December 1944 in Semarang, Central Java) is a politician and former Indonesian general. He was the governor of Jakarta, the country's capital, from 1997 to 2007. He also serves as chairman of the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) for the period 2004-2008.

In early 2004, he introduced TransJakarta, a bus rapid transit system, in the city.

On October 1, 2007, he announced he was standing for the presidency of Indonesia in the 2009 election. He also said that he would welcome support from political parties, and promised that he would not establish his own political party to support his nomination"Kompas" newspaper, 1 October 2007] .

Notes

External links

*id icon [http://www.tokohindonesia.com/ensiklopedi/s/sutiyoso/biografi/biografi.shtml Profile at TokohIndonesia]