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JAKARTA - Indonesia holds a presidential election in February next year, with three men vying for the top job in the world's third-largest democracy and its most populous Muslim-majority nation.The former special forces commander is making a third run at the presidency having twice lost to outgoing President Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, in 2014 and 2019.
In previous elections, he forged alliances with conservative Islamic groups and political parties criticised for stoking communal tensions and creating rifts in the secular, pluralistic country. After losing the 2019 election, Jokowi appointed Prabowo defence minister, a move analysts say helped heal divisions. Jokowi has tacitly backed Prabowo.
Khofifah Indar Parawansa - One of Indonesia's most prominent female politicians, the popular, 58-year-old East Java governor has been courted by all three presidential candidates. Khofifah previously served as women's empowerment minister and social affairs minister and has strong connections to grassroots movements and the women's wing of Nahdlatul Ulama, one of Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisations.
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