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Leader of Indonesia governed country (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iran

'country' is the definition.
(Iran is a country)

'leader of indonesia governed' is the wordplay.
'leader of' suggests taking the first letters.
'governed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this in other clues).
The initial letter of 'indonesia' is 'i'.
'i'+'ran'='IRAN'

(Other definitions for iran that I've seen before include "Modern name for Persia" , "oil supplier" , "Middle East country" , "It used to be Persia" , "Iraq's neighbour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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