Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Javanese: [susi?? b?amb?a? ju???j?n?] (listen); born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to by his initials SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired Army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014.
He is currently the chairman of the Democratic Party of Indonesia and President of the Assembly and Chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute.
Yudhoyono was also the former Chairman of ASEAN due to Indonesia hosting the 18th and 19th ASEAN Summits.
Yudhoyono won the 2004 presidential election, defeating incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri.
He was sworn into office on 20 October 2004, together with Jusuf Kalla as Vice-President.
He ran for re-election in 2009 with Boediono as his running mate, and won with an outright majority of the votes in the first round of balloting; he was sworn in for a second term on 20 October 2009.