Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikosumo co-founded the Gerindra Party in 2008, and has headed it since 2014. He failed in two attempts to reach the presidency in the 2014 and 2019 elections, and ran in his third attempt in the 2024 presidential elections within a coalition of 8 parties.
He was named after his uncle, who was killed in battle against the Japanese in Tangerang during the Indonesian National Revolution. He is fluent in French, German, English, and Dutch. Those close to him say that the person whom he was most influenced by and who he considers his role model is the Turkish leader Kemal Ataturk.