 In October 2014, Joko Widodo ("Jokowi") succeeded Yudhoyono as president.Jokowi, who holds a hardline position against drugs, declined Sukumaran's plea for clemency in December 2014.In January 2015 the Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, together with the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, made further representations to Jokowi and Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, for clemency on behalf of Sukumaran.