Current President The current president of Indonesia is Sulio Bambang Yudhoyono , born on September 9,1949 in east Java. He became the Indonesian policitian who was the most nominated president in 2004.Yudhoyono was born into a well do family. His father was a middle ranking officer in the army.As Yudhoyono grew up he followed his father's footsteps and joined the army. In 1995 Yudhoyono served as a Indonesian officer on the UN Peacekeeping force in Bosina and Hertzegovina. In 2000, Yudhoyono left the army with the rank of a luitendant general. From 2000 to 2004, he held a high profile in the foverment of Abdurraham Wahid and Megwati Sukarnoputi. In Sptember 2004 Yudhoyono won the election, and was sworn president on October 20.