Son of Indonesia’s Jokowi weds in grand ceremony with thousands of security officers

Some social media users shared well wishes while others questioned the deployment of a reported 5,000 police and military officers for the wedding

Kaesang Pangarep’s previous interracial, interfaith relationship was left to much public scrutiny when it ended in 2021

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo at his son’s wedding on December 9, 2022. Photo: Twitter

Published: 5:37pm, 9 Dec 2022Updated: 8:23pm, 9 Dec 2022

Indonesian social media buzzed with excitement on Friday as President Joko Widodo’s youngest son, Kaesang Pangarep, tied the knot with fiancée Erina Gudono.

Jokowi – as Widodo is popularly known – shared photos of the young couple’s Siraman ceremony.

“From our residence in Surakarta City, today, Friday 9 December 2022, we accompanied Kaesang Pangarep in undergoing a series of wedding processions with Erina Gudono.

“Thank God, the procession of the Sungkeman and Siraman ceremonies went well and smoothly. We as a family ask for the blessing of the community so that the next procession can go well,” the president wrote in an Instagram post.

He also apologised for traffic interruptions and road-closures that may have been caused as a result of the wedding ceremony.

Kaesang Pangarep tied the knot with Erina Gudono on December 9, 2022. Photo: Facebook

Kaesang is the youngest of three children. His eldest brother, Ghibran Rakabuming, serves as the mayor of Solo, and his brother-in-law, Bobby Nasution, is the mayor of Medan.