A wealthy former general with ties to both Indonesia's popular outgoing president and the country's dictatorial past will be inaugurated Sunday as the nation's new leader.

Prabowo Subianto has visited more than 20 countries in the last six months as defense minister, and is the first president-elect to have gone on an overseas tour to strategic global partner countries

The first time Prabowo Subianto lost a presidential bid, he claimed there had been "massive" fraud. The second time, the former special forces commander initially said he did not accept the election results,

Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces commander, has won Indonesia's presidential election. Previously associated with controversial actions and unproven rights abuse allegations, he now assumes a more statesmanlike persona.

Drive along any major road in Jakarta this week and it is hard to miss the embarrassment of uniform banners feting Joko Widodo ahead of the weekend inauguration of his anointed successor, Prabowo Subianto.

Retired General Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in on Sunday as the president of Indonesia, the world's third-biggest democracy with the largest economy in Southeast Asia.

An Indonesian Army personnel reacts as he attends a security preparation before the inauguration of President-elect Prabowo Subianto and Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka at the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta,