He later moved to Jakarta, trying his hand at a host of jobs, including as a car salesman and a model.
His parents separated when he was in elementary school. Born in Bandung, West Java, Mr Setya, 61, came from a low-income family.
But Mr Ade yielded the right to go into the second round and pledged support to Mr Setya, a former Speaker of Parliament, who was just three votes shy of the 50 per cent required under party rules to avoid a runoff. Mr Setya Novanto has emerged as the new chief of Indonesia's second-largest party, Golkar, as it attempts to move beyond a divisive leadership tussle that had lasted for more than a year.īoth front runners received more than 30 per cent of the ballots and under party rules were entitled to contest a runoff.
