A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done."
Legislative elections were held in on 5 April 2004 for both houses of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia. This included all 550 seats in the People's Representative Council and 128 seats of the newly-formed Regional Representative Council.
The Regional Representative Council, is one of two parliamentary chambers in Indonesia. Together with the House of Representatives (DPR), it makes up the Indonesian national legislative body, the Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR). Under Indonesia's constitution, the authority of the DPD is limited to areas related to regional governments and can only propose and give advice on bills to the DPR. Unlike the DPR, the DPD has no direct law-making power. Its members are usually called senators instead of DPD members.
The People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia, is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the national legislature of Indonesia. It is considered the lower house, while the Regional Representative Council (DPD) serve as the upper house; while the Indonesian constitution does not explicitly mention the divide, the DPR enjoys more power, privilege, and prestige compared to the DPD.
La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti is an Indonesian politician. He is the speaker of the Regional Representative Council, and was formerly chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI).
Oesman Sapta Odang is an Indonesian politician of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), who served as the speaker of the Regional Representative Council and deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly between 2014 and 2019. He had also served in the latter position between 2002 and 2004.
The Indonesian electoral law of 2017, also known in Indonesia as Undang-Undang Pemilu, is the law regulating elections in Indonesia. Officially, it is known as the Law Number 7 of 2017. The law was passed in July 2017 following nine months of debate in the People's Representative Council.
Achmad Dimyati Natakusumah is an Indonesian politician who is a member of the People's Representative Council since 2019, and previously between 2009 and 2018. Natakusumah was also the regent of Pandeglang Regency between 2000 and 2009.
Ahmad Hudarni Rani was an Indonesian politician who was a member of the Regional Representative Council. Rani was the first elected Governor of Bangka-Belitung Islands, serving between 2002 and 2007.
Sabam Gunung Panangian Sirait was a senior Indonesian politician. He was a member of the DPD RI from 15 January 2018 until his death on 29 September 2021. Sabam is the father of the Indonesian House of Representatives and PDIP member Maruarar Sirait.
Doctor Habib Shaleh Muhamad Aldjufri, Lc., M.A. better known as Habib Shaleh was an Indonesian independent politician who is served as the Senator of the Republic of Indonesia from Central Sulawesi. Shaleh began serving as a member of the DPD RI after he ran for the 2009 Indonesian legislative election in the electoral district of Central Sulawesi. He got 78,303 votes and ranked fourth among the candidates who qualified as a Senator from Central Sulawesi.
Bambang Suryadi, also known by his nickname Basur was an Indonesian politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who served as a member of the Central Lampung Regional People's Representative Council from 2004 until 2014, Member of the Lampung Regional People's Representative Council from 2014 until 2019, and Member of the People's Representative Council from 2019 until his death.
Gatot Sudjito was an Indonesian politician from the Golkar party who served as a member of the Surabaya Regional People's Representative Council from 1999 until 2004, Member of the East Java Regional People's Representative Council from 1997 until 1999 and 2004 until 2014, and Member of the People's Representative Council from 2014 until his death.
Sientje Sondakh Mandey, more colloquially referred to as Sientje, is a Christian Indonesian Politician from the province of North Sulawesi. She served in the Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia from 2004 until 2009, and again from 2013 until 2014, following the death of Ferry Tinggogoy. She was the wife of the now deceased former governor of North Sulawesi, Adolf Jouke Sondakh. Born in Manado, North Sulawesi, she enrolled at Sam Ratulangi University. However, she didn't finish her degree, instead, she discontinued her education until 1985, when she attended Indonesia Open University, and graduated in 1990.
Ichsan Loulembah was an Indonesian politician, journalist, and newspaper editor, who served as a member of the Regional Representative Council from 2004 until 2009. Born in Palu, Central Sulawesi, he only graduated from the Public Senior High School 57 Jakarta, before discontinuing his education. Instead, he became the Program Manager of Radio "Nebula FM ” based in Palu. From 1990, he served as the editor of the National Suluh Weekly, also based in Palu.
Wan Abubakar is an Indonesian politician who was a member of the People's Representative Council between 2009 and 2014. He also briefly served as governor of Riau in 2008. He served as the vice governor to Rusli Zainal since 2003, and when Zainal resigned in July 2008, Abubakar was elevated to governor for the rest of his term.
Usman Ja'far was an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the Governor of West Kalimantan between 2003 and 2008, and as a member of the People's Representative Council from 2009 until his death in 2015.
Santoso is an Indonesian politician who has served as a member of the People's Representative Council since 2019. He was also a member of the Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council between 2009 and 2019.
I Gede Pasek Suardika is an Indonesian lawyer and politician of the Nusantara Awakening Party (PKN) and its chairman between 2021 and 2023. He was a member of the People's Representative Council between 2009–2014 and the Regional Representative Council between 2014–2019. Before becoming PKN's chairman, Suardika was a member of the Democratic Party and was a member of the People's Conscience Party between 2016 and 2021.
Jialyka Maharani is an Indonesian politician who is among the elected members of the 2019–2024 Regional Representative Council (DPD) and the youngest member of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) from South Sumatra. Becoming the youngest senator elected for the 2019–2024 term, allowed her to receive media attention.
