1. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, commonly referred to by his initials JK, 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.
Jusuf Kalla was unsuccessful as Golkar's presidential nominee in the 2009 presidential election.
Since 2009 Jusuf Kalla serves as the chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross Society.
Jusuf Kalla was born on 15 May 1942 in Watampone, which now sits in South Sulawesi.
Jusuf Kalla's parents were Hadji Kalla, a local businessman and Athirah, a woman who sold Buginese silk for a living.
Jusuf Kalla was elected as chair of South Sulawesi branch of KAMI.
Jusuf Kalla showed interest in a political career, becoming a member of the Regional People's Representative Council and chairman of the Youth Division of Golkar when it was still organised under a Joint Secretariat format.
In 1967 Jusuf Kalla graduated from the Economics Faculty at Hasanuddin University.
The economic situation was bleak at the time and his father, Hadji Jusuf Kalla, considered shutting down the family business, NV Hadji Jusuf Kalla.
Jusuf Kalla's mother assisted by trading silk and running a small transportation business with three buses.
NV Hadji Jusuf Kalla expanded from the export-import trading business into other sectors.
Jusuf Kalla was extensively involved with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Jusuf Kalla has contributed socially by building the Al Markaz Mosque and becoming chairman of its Islamic centre.
Jusuf Kalla is seen in The Act of Killing film praising Pancasila Youth and encouraging them to commit violence.
Jusuf Kalla returned to active politics in 1987 when he was appointed to the People's Consultative Assembly as a regional representative for South Sulawesi.
Jusuf Kalla was re-appointed to the MPR in 1992,1997, and 1999.
When Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid was elected as president by the MPR in 1999, Jusuf Kalla was included in the cabinet and became Minister of Industry and Trade.
Jusuf Kalla had only been a minister for six months when in April 2000 Wahid removed him along with the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises.
Jusuf Kalla facilitated the negotiation which resulted in the signing of the Malino II Accord on 20 December 2001 and an end to the conflict which had gone on for three years.
Two months later, Jusuf Kalla helped solve another conflict in Sulawesi.
Now a popular figure for assisting with the peace process in Sulawesi, Jusuf Kalla considered putting himself forward as a candidate in the 2004 presidential elections.
Jusuf Kalla was expected to partner a Javanese presidential candidate and his non-Javanese background was seen as a means of attracting non-Javanese votes which a Javanese candidate might have trouble getting.
Just days before the Golkar national convention, Jusuf Kalla decided to withdraw from running under the Golkar banner.
Whilst Yudhoyono consolidated political support from other parties, Jusuf Kalla turned to Golkar for support.
Finally, when Paloh was perceived to be too weak to run against Akbar, Yudhoyono gave the green light for Jusuf Kalla to run for the Golkar Chairmanship.
On 19 December 2004, Jusuf Kalla was elected as the new Chairman of Golkar.
The suggestion seemed to gain momentum when Jusuf Kalla only showed up for one video conference and then spent the rest of the time taking care of Golkar matters.
Jusuf Kalla has been often mentioned as a possible nominee of the Golkar Party in the 2014 presidential race.
Jusuf Kalla said he had no hard feelings about party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's upcoming inauguration as presidential candidate for the Golkar Party and that he had no intention of competing with him despite surveys that showed that Jusuf Kalla was likely to be more electable than Bakrie.
In late 2012 Jusuf Kalla indicated that he would be prepared to move away from Golkar and join a ticket sponsored by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle with former president Megawati as candidate for president and him as the vice-presidential candidate.
In February 2016, Jusuf Kalla told the United Nations Development Programme not to finance or carry out an LGBT community program in Indonesia.
Jusuf Kalla previously stated opposition to LGBT campaigns in Indonesia, which he considered at that point as deviating from social values.
Jusuf Kalla claimed that Chinese people control the Indonesian economy, given their involvement in business and trade, which was reported by newspapers and social media platforms in Indonesia, with the potential to fuel racial tensions in Indonesia.
Jusuf Kalla is married to Mufidah Miad Saad, with whom he has five children, Muchlisa, Muswira, Imelda, Solichin and Chaerani.
Jusuf Kalla said that under his leadership the PMI would build up stocks in the national blood bank to prepare for any increased demand for blood by hospital patients and victims of natural disasters.
Jusuf Kalla holds an advance-class amateur radio license with call sign YC8HYK.