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Jusuf Kalla
1942May, 15

Jusuf Kalla

Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
Muhammad Jusuf Kalla (listen ; born 15 May 1942) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the 10th and 12th Vice President of Indonesia, the only vice president in Indonesian history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (2004–2009 and 2014–2019). He was unsuccessful as Golkar's presidential nominee in the 2009 presidential election. Before Kalla declared himself as the running mate for Joko Widodo in the 2014 presidential election, a 2012 poll placed his popularity among likely voters in the top three contenders for the presidency and ahead of his own party's nominee Aburizal Bakrie.Since 2009 Kalla serves as the chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross Society.

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  • 25Jan

    Thailand

    World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
  • 8Mar

    Myanmar

    World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
  • 10Jul

    Soviet Union

    Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
  • 13Aug

    Manhattan Project

    Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
  • 25Sep

    Holocaust

    World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.