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Indonesian Strongman Prabowo Confronts Stock-Market Rout

Investors were already preoccupied by concerns that have emerged since the president took power in 2024.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

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Prabowo Subianto beamed confidence in a speech to the Davos crowd last week. The Indonesian president predicted a boom year for his country, noting the IMF had recently hailed the South East Asian nation as “a global bright spot.”