JAKARTA: Once a feared general under the late dictator Suharto, Indonesia's likely new president Prabowo Subianto now faces the challenge of honoring his campaign pledges to maintain the country's economic growth.

With ongoing official and preliminary counts showing him on course for a majority, Subianto looks set to helm the world's third-largest democracy after Wednesday's presidential election.

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