Indonesia

The Carter Center was present in Indonesia to observe the  largest single-day election in the world in July 2004.

Waging Peace

Indonesia, formerly known as the Dutch East Indies until it achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1949, is the world's largest archipelago with more than 17,000 islands, though only 6,000 are inhabited. The nation possesses the largest Muslim population in the world. Indonesia's transition to democracy presents a unique challenge as the country only recently ended 40 years of military rule in 1998. The Carter Center was present in Indonesia in 1999 to observe the nation's first democratic elections, and the Center continued its commitment to help Indonesia grow and deepen its democratic practices by observing the first direct presidential elections in July 2004.

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