Aburizal Bakrie (front-glasses) and Golkar party members raise their hands after Bakrie was elected as Golkar chairman in Pekanbaru on October 8, 2009. Controversial tycoon Aburizal Bakrie was elected to lead Indonesia's Golkar party on October 8, after the Suharto-era ruling party suffered its biggest electoral defeat. The billionaire businessman and outgoing welfare minister was elected chairman in the early hours of the morning after a tense party congress marred by scuffles and shouting matches between delegates, Golkar officials said. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Aburizal Bakrie (front-glasses) and Golkar party members raise their hands after Bakrie was elected as Golkar chairman in Pekanbaru on October 8, 2009. Controversial tycoon Aburizal Bakrie was elected to lead Indonesia's Golkar party on October 8, after the Suharto-era ruling party suffered its biggest electoral defeat. The billionaire businessman and outgoing welfare minister was elected chairman in the early hours of the morning after a tense party congress marred by scuffles and shouting matches between delegates, Golkar officials said.

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  1. Indonesian Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie (C) waves to supporters shortly after winning a vote to head the Golkar Party in Pekanbaru, Riau province, early morning October 8, 2009. Current chief welfare minister Bakrie has been appointed as the new chairman of the Golkar Party after winning more than 50 percent of votes, beating media magnate Surya Paloh. and former President Suharto's youngest son Tommy Suharto.
  2. Indonesian Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie (C) raises his hand to supporters shortly after winning a vote to head the Golkar Party in Pekanbaru, Riau province, early morning October 8, 2009. Current chief welfare minister Bakrie has been appointed as the new chairman of the Golkar Party after winning more than 50 percent of votes, beating media magnate Surya Paloh. and former President Suharto's youngest son Tommy Suharto.
  3. Aburizal Bakrie (front-glasses) and Golkar party members raise their hands after Bakrie was elected as Golkar chairman in Pekanbaru on October 8, 2009. Controversial tycoon Aburizal Bakrie was elected to lead Indonesia's Golkar party on October 8, after the Suharto-era ruling party suffered its biggest electoral defeat. The billionaire businessman and outgoing welfare minister was elected chairman in the early hours of the morning after a tense party congress marred by scuffles and shouting matches between delegates, Golkar officials said.
  4. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd R) and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono (R) pray for victims along with the minister of social affairs Aburizal Bakrie (3rd L) on the site of a landslide at Pamoyanan village in Cibinong on September 3, 2009. Rescue workers on Indonesia's Java island searched by hand for dozens of people trapped by a major 7.0-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 49, officials said. Police and soldiers were called in to help find people buried in their homes by earthquake-triggered landslides in a village in Cianjur district south of the capital Jakarta in the wake of the quake, officials said.
  5. Aburizal Bakrie (front-glasses) and Golkar party members raise their hands after Bakrie was elected as Golkar chairman in Pekanbaru on October 8, 2009. Controversial tycoon Aburizal Bakrie was elected to lead Indonesia's Golkar party on October 8, after the Suharto-era ruling party suffered its biggest electoral defeat. The billionaire businessman and outgoing welfare minister was elected chairman in the early hours of the morning after a tense party congress marred by scuffles and shouting matches between delegates, Golkar officials said.
  6. Indonesian Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie (C) waves to supporters shortly after winning a vote to head the Golkar Party in Pekanbaru, Riau province, early morning October 8, 2009. Current chief welfare minister Bakrie has been appointed as the new chairman of the Golkar Party after winning more than 50 percent of votes, beating media magnate Surya Paloh. and former President Suharto's youngest son Tommy Suharto.
  7. Indonesian Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie (C) raises his hand to supporters shortly after winning a vote to head the Golkar Party in Pekanbaru, Riau province, early morning October 8, 2009. Current chief welfare minister Bakrie has been appointed as the new chairman of the Golkar Party after winning more than 50 percent of votes, beating media magnate Surya Paloh. and former President Suharto's youngest son Tommy Suharto.

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