Jokowi with Megawati Sukarnoputri

Jokowi comes from a very humble background. He was born in 1961 in Solo in family of wood sellers. He lived in a house on a river bank until the local government evicted his family.

Born in 1961 in Solo, the son of a wood-seller spent his childhood in a house on a river bank until the local government evicted his family. Observers point to these humble beginnings as key to his popularity.

Coming from a Javanese descent,Jokowi is the eldest son of Noto Mihardjo and Sujiatmi Notomihardjo. He has three younger sisters -Iit Sriyantini, Ida Yati and Titik Relawati.Before changing his name, Joko Widodo was called Mulyono.