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    Indonesia’s macho new leader is no “cuddly grandpa”

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    Wearing a blue tunic, Prabowo Subianto waved from a gleaming white jeep on his way to the presidential palace after becoming Indonesia’s eighth president on October 20th. Sun-baked crowds waved back. For the retired general, it was the triumphant final leg of a quarter-century journey back to the centre of power from disgrace and exile. It also marks a big shift in Indonesia’s politics for the first time in a decade.

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