North Maluku is a province of Indonesia. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands,bordering the Pacific Ocean to the north,the Halmahera Sea to the east,the Molucca Sea to the west,and the Seram Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with North Sulawesi,Southeast Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi to the west,Maluku to the south,Southwest Papua to the west,and Palau and the Philippines to the north. The provincial capital is Sofifi on the largest island of Halmahera,while the largest city is the island city of Ternate. The population of North Maluku was 1,038,087 in the 2010 census,making it one of the least-populous provinces in Indonesia,but by the 2020 Census the population had risen to 1,282,937,and the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,328,594.
The Obi Islands are a group of 42 islands in the Indonesian province of North Maluku,north of Buru and Ceram,and south of Halmahera. With a total area of 3,048.08 km2,they had a population of 41,455 at the 2010 Census and 50,760 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2022 was 52,588.
Obi is the main island in the Obi Islands group of Indonesia,south of the larger Halmahera in North Maluku. Its area is 2,542 km².
South Halmahera Regency is a regency of North Maluku Province,Indonesia. It lies partly on Halmahera Island and partly on smaller islands to the west and south of Halmahera. It covers a land area of 8,779.32 km2,and at the 2010 Census it had a population of 198,911 people,while the 2020 Census showed that this had risen to 248,395 and the official estimate in mid 2023 was 255,384 The capital lies at the town of Labuha on Bacan Island.
Alex Noerdin is a former Governor of South Sumatra between 2008 and 2018.
Lukas Enembe was an Indonesian politician from West Papua,who served as the 13th Governor of Papua Province from April 2013 to January 2023. He had previously served as Regent of Puncak Jaya Regency between 2007 and 2012,and Vice Regent of the same regency from 2001 until 2006.
2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 18th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.
Sinyo Harry Sarundajang was an Indonesian politician. He served as governor of North Sulawesi for all but one month from 2005 to 2015. He was also a former Governor of North Maluku in 2002 and Maluku in 2002–2003. In February 2018,he was appointed by the President Joko Widodo as the ambassador to the Philippines,with concurrent accreditation to the Marshall Islands and Palau.
2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 19th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade.
Johnny Gerard Plate is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as Minister of Communication and Information Technology in Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet from 2019 to 2023. Previously,he served in the People's Representative Council for five years,and had been reelected for a second term in the 2019 election. He is a graduate of Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia.
Mochtar Mohamad is an Indonesian politician who was the Mayor of Bekasi between 2008 and 2012,when he was convicted of corruption and bribery and sentenced to prison. He was released in 2015,and returned to politics.
Police-General (Ret.) Tan Sri Budi GunawanPSM is an Indonesian high ranking police officer who is the Chief of the Indonesian State Intelligence Agency (BIN) since September 9,2016,and is also the General Chairman of the Indonesian E-Sports Executive Board. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Indonesian National Police accompanying National Police Chief Badrodin Haiti and Tito Karnavian. He is the second member of the police after Sutanto to lead the State Intelligence Agency.
Juliari Peter Batubara is an Indonesian politician,who served as Minister of Social Affairs in the 41st Cabinet of Indonesia from 23 October 2019 until his arrest in December 2020 for alleged corruption. He is a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).
2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.
Nurhajizah Marpaung is an Indonesian retired military officer and politician who became the Vice Governor of North Sumatra from 2017 until 2018. Her last position in the military was as the General Counsel of the Ministry of Defense. She unsuccessfully ran for Regent of Asahan in 2015 and 2020.
2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.
Annas Maamun is an Indonesian politician who was imprisoned for corruption who served as governor of Riau between February and September 2014. He was previously the regent of Rokan Hilir Regency between 2006 and 2014. His term as governor was ended by a corruption scandal,which led to him being imprisoned for six years. After his release in 2020,he was once more arrested for a bribery case from his time as governor,and sentenced to another year in prison in 2022.
Rusli Zainal is an Indonesian former politician convicted of corruption who served two terms as Governor of Riau between 2003 and 2013. He was also previously regent of Indragiri Hilir Regency. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2014,later reduced to 10 years,and was released on parole in 2022.
Nikolaus Kondomo is an Indonesian attorney and bureaucrat who is serving as the governor of Highland Papua province in an acting capacity since 11 November 2022 until 13 November 2023. He also held office in the attorney general's office of Indonesia as the attorney general's expert staff for inter-institutional relations and international cooperation since 10 November 2022. Prior to that,he was the attorney general of Papua from 2019 to 2022. He was the first ethnic Papuan (Muyu) to be appointed as the attorney general of a province.
2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
