Prabowo Subianto

The president-elect plans to increase the country's debt-to-GDP ratio to 50 percent, up from 39 percent currently, in order to achieve his ambitious growth targets.

Prabowo's deficit-driven economic vision draws from that of his father Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, a key intellectual of the early post-independence period.

The former general, who is set to assume office in October, will present a stiff test of Berlin's values-based foreign policy.

Incoming leader Prabowo Subianto seems set to play a more active international role than the current president.

Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue defense forum in Singapore, the president-elect also called for the U.S. and China to exercise restraint as geopolitical tensions build.

The Supreme Court ruling will pave the way for President Joko Widodo's youngest son to run in the Jakarta gubernatorial election on November 27.

While Dili has publicly welcomed the former general's election, other Timorese -- particularly women -- want justice for his role in past atrocities.

For the first time, the Singaporean and Indonesian leaders attended the Leaders' Retreat along with their successors.

The NasDem party, which backed a competing presidential candidate, said it was ready to pledge its "full support" for the ex-general's administration.

A senior official confirmed that Joko Widodo lost his membership after refusing to endorse its presidential candidate in February's election.

The Constitutional Court's expected verdict has removed the final obstacle to Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto taking office in October.