President SBY Included In The 2009 TIME 100 List: The World's Most Influential People

President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono become the one of 100 most influential figures in 2009 made by Time magazine. According to the magazine's official site, President Yudhoyono included to the category of "Leaders & Revolutionaries".

Time Magazine also show opinion from Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia former deputy prime minister who is now an opposition leader in Malaysia. According to Anwar, "since his winning in the first direct election in 2004, Yudhoyono has managed to keep the nation afloat, even during the current global recession. However, significant challenges lie ahead. Poverty remains pervasive in Indonesia, and the government must press onward with improvements to the country's ailing infrastructure. Businesses are confronted with a bewildering array of regulations, and the country pays a heavy price in corruption and bribery".

Ibrahim also said that now is the perfect time for Indonesia, as the world's most populous Muslim nation, to assume a more prominent position in Asia and throughout the Muslim world. In response to President Obama's warm overtures to Muslim countries for a new phase in relations with the U.S., Yudhoyono can take the lead and chart a new course for the region.

For the "Leaders And Revolutionaries" Category, Time chose 20 figures from all over the world. President Yudhoyono signed in ranked ninth. Besides Yudhoyono, among others Edward Kennedy, Gordon Brown, Christine Lagarde, Thomas Dart, Avigdor Lieberman, Joaquin Guzman, Nouri al-Maliki, and Hillary Clinton.

Time 100 has five categories, namely:

* Leaders And Revolutionaries
* Builders And Titans
* Artists And Entertainers
* Heroes And Icons
* Scientists And Thinkers