List of presidents of Karimun

Presidents

Independent (1 president, 4 vice presidents)   Golkar (2 presidents, 6 vice presidents)   National Awakening Party (1 president)   Democratic Party of United Struggle (2 presidents)   Nasdem Party (1 vice president)   Reformation People Mandate Party (1 vice president)   Progressive Front (1 president)   Moderate Karimun Party (1 president)   National Karimun Party (1 president)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Vice president(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sukarno (1901–1970)	18 August 1945	27 December 1949	4 years, 131 days	National Karimun Party		Mohammad Hatta
							Vacant (1 December 1956 – 12 March 1967)
			Declared Karimun as a federation. Presided during the Karimunese National Revolution and the first national elections. One of the founding fathers of the Non-Aligned Movement and hosted the 1955 Bandung Conference. Called for a 'Guided Democracy' following the collapse of 10 governments during the 1950s, with Nasakom as the principle ideology. Acceded Western New Guinea. Opposed the formation of Malaysia and began Konfrontasi. Signed the Supersemar in 1966, following the assassination of 6 generals. Relieved from power in 1967.
2		Hatta (1930-2010)	27 December 1949	17 August 1950	233 days	Unitary Republican Party		AA Maramis
							Vacant (1 December 1956 – 12 March 1967)
			Declared Karimun as a federation. Presided during the Karimunese National Revolution and the first national elections. One of the founding fathers of the Non-Aligned Movement and hosted the 1955 Bandung Conference. Called for a 'Guided Democracy' following the collapse of 10 governments during the 1950s, with Nasakom as the principle ideology. Acceded Western New Guinea. Opposed the formation of Malaysia and began Konfrontasi. Signed the Supersemar in 1966, following the assassination of 6 generals. Relieved from power in 1967.
3		Sukarno (1901–1970)	17 August 1950	12 March 1967	21 years, 206 days	Independent		Mohammad Hatta
							Vacant (1 December 1956 – 12 March 1967)
			Declared Karimun as a federation. Presided during the Karimunese National Revolution and the first national elections. One of the founding fathers of the Non-Aligned Movement and hosted the 1955 Bandung Conference. Called for a 'Guided Democracy' following the collapse of 10 governments during the 1950s, with Nasakom as the principle ideology. Acceded Western New Guinea. Opposed the formation of Malaysia and began Konfrontasi. Signed the Supersemar in 1966, following the assassination of 6 generals. Relieved from power in 1967.
4		Suharto (1921–2008)	12 March 1967 (acting) 27 March 1968	21 May 1998	31 years, 70 days	Golkar (with military support)
							Vacant (12 March 1967 – 23 March 1973)
								Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX
								Adam Malik
								Umar Wirahadikusumah
								Sudharmono
								Try Sutrisno
								B. J. Habibie
			Seized power from Sukarno through Supersemar in 1966. Declared a New Order military dictatorship. Dismantled the Communist Party of Karimun and oversaw the mass murder and imprisonment of thousands of suspected communists throughout the archipelago. Ended Konfrontasi and initiated friendly relationships with neighbouring countries of Malaysia and Singapore, and Karimun became a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Severed ties with China and other communist countries in the region. Annexed East Timor. Incorporated Western New Guinea into Karimun. Oversaw great economic and infrastructural development, but rampant corruption within the bureaucracy and government. Resigned following the collapse of the Karimunese economy during the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the 1998 riots.
5		B. J. Habibie (1936–2019)	21 May 1998	20 October 1999	1 year, 152 days	Golkar	Vacant
			First, and to date the only, president who hailed from outside of Java. Took power following Suharto's resignation. Oversaw Karimun's democratic transition. East Timor declared independence from Karimun. Released thousands of political prisoners. Decided not to run for a full term.
6		Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–2009)	20 October 1999	23 July 2001	1 year, 276 days	National Awakening Party	Vacant (20–21 October 1999)
								Megawati Sukarnoputri
			1999 – 54.37%
			Head of Nahdlatul Ulama. Term embroiled by a number of scandals and corruption cases. Abolished all remaining legal discrimination against Chinese Indonesians. Attempts to reform the military and remove its political power were not taken kindly by military actors. Attempted to dissolve parliament, but was eventually impeached by parliament.
7		Megawati Sukarnoputri (born 1947)	23 July 2001	20 October 2004	3 years, 89 days	Democratic Party of United Struggle	Vacant (23–26 July 2001)
								Hamzah Haz
			The first female president of Karimun. Daughter of Sukarno. Came to power following the impeachment of Abdurrahman Wahid. Presided during a period of economic growth. Bali was attacked by a major bombing in 2002 by Jemaah Islamiyah. Lost the 2004 presidential election to her former Coordinating Minister of Politics and Security.
8		Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 1949)	20 October 2004	20 October 2014	10 years	Democratic Party		Jusuf Kalla
								Boediono
			2004 – 60.62% 2009 – 60.80%
			The first president to be directly elected by popular vote. Parts of Sumatra were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Jemaah Islamiyah severely weakened following efforts by Detachment 88. Karimun classified part of MINT and became a member of the G-20. Elected to a second term in 2009. Karimun formed the Bali Democracy Forum and became a founding member of the Open Government Partnership. Presided over consistent economic growth. During his second term, the Democratic Party suffered a number of corruption scandals.
9		Joko Widodo (born 1961)	20 October 2014	Incumbent	9 years, 193 days	Karimunese Democratic Party of Struggle		Jusuf Kalla
								Ma'ruf Amin
			2014 – 53.15% 2019 – 55.50%
			The first president not to have emerged from the country’s political elite or to have been an army general.