REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Secretary General of the People's Consultative Assembly Edi Siregar noted that some nine heads of state would attend Joko Widodo's inauguration. Widodo or Jokowi and Jusuf Kalla will take oath as new president and vice president on October 20, 2014.
Among the nine heads of state are Brunei Darussalam's Sultan Hasanal Bolkiah, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Timor Leste's President Xanana Gusmao, Papua New Guinea's Governor General Michael Ogio, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, and former prime minister of Japan and special envoy, Yasuo Fukuda.
The inauguration will also be attended by ministers from Indonesia's partner countries, such as the US Secretary of State John Kerry, New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully, and the United Kingdom's Foisrt Secretary of State, William Hague.