Palangka Raya is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan. The city is situated between the Kahayan and the Sabangau rivers on the island of Borneo. As of the 2020 census,the city has a population of 293,500;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 305,907. Palangka Raya is the largest city by land area in Indonesia. Most of the area is forested including protected forests,nature conservation areas,and Tangkiling Forest). It also has the highest Human Development Index rating of any city in Kalimantan.
Gunung Mas Regency is one of the thirteen regencies of Central Kalimantan Province,Indonesia. The regency seat is located at the town of Kuala Kurun in Kurun District. The population of Gunung Mas Regency was 96,900 at the 2010 census;and 135,373 at the 2020 census;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 142,309.
Anakletus Tjilik Riwut was an Indonesian military officer and journalist who served as the governor of Central Kalimantan from 1959 to 1967. He participated in the Indonesian National Revolution,becoming one of the leaders of the Kalimantan Physical Revolution in Dutch Borneo. In 1988,the government of Indonesia declared him a national hero.
Arcandra Tahar is an Indonesian politician. He was formerly Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia on the Working Cabinet,replacing Sudirman Said who was dismissed by President Joko Widodo in a cabinet reshuffle on 27 July 2016.
Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan bin Md Yusof is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021,the Minister of Entrepreneur Development in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Gajah from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU),a component party of the PN coalition and formerly PH coalition.
Hadi Mulyadi is an Indonesian politician who is the vice governor of East Kalimantan. Previously,he had served as a member of both the provincial council and the People's Representative Council.
The Onward Indonesia Cabinet is the current Cabinet of Indonesia. It was announced by President Joko Widodo on 23 October 2019. The president has so far reshuffled the cabinet on ten occasions. The last reshuffle occurred in February 2024.
Wiluyo Puspoyudo was an Indonesian military figure and politician who became the deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly from 1960 until 1966,and as the acting Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly in 1966.
The Kalimantan Physical Revolution was an armed conflict between Indonesian nationalists in and pro-Dutch forces in Dutch Borneo following the end of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the 1945 Proclamation of Indonesian Independence by Sukarno and which lasted until the Dutch withdrew from most of Indonesia in 1949. It can be considered a regional conflict in the larger Indonesian National Revolution. After the surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War II,allied forces took control of the Dutch East Indies,including Dutch Borneo. The return of Dutch authorities however,was rejected by majority of native population,including in Borneo,resulting in various regional armed conflicts between Royal Netherlands East Indies Army and Indonesian nationalist forces. Allied military forces in Borneo were in a strong position after an early conflict in August 1945,and were able to pacify local nationalist uprisings and impose a blockade to prevent military aid and exchange in personnel from nationalist strongholds in Java and Sumatra. Later,nationalists with connections to Borneo were able to breach tofhe military blockade to provide information revolutionary events in Java and Sumatra,declaring Kalimantan as inseparable part of the new Indonesian republic.
Petrus Kanisius Yuvenalis Yurnalis Ngayoh was an Indonesian bureaucrat and politician. He was the Vice Governor of East Kalimantan from 2003 until 2006 and the Governor of East Kalimantan from 2006 until 2008 and was the first Dayak as well as Roman Catholic governor of East Kalimantan.
Sakti Wahyu Trenggono is an Indonesian politician. As of 23 December 2020,he serves as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the Onward Indonesia Cabinet of President Joko Widodo.
Bahlil Lahadalia is an Indonesian businessman and politician. He has been serving as Minister of Investment since April 2021,dual-hatted as head of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM),which he had served since October 2019. He has also served as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources ad interim since 3 February 2022.
Mandau Talawang Pancasila is a paramilitary organization,based mostly within the Indonesian provinces of Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan.
National Dayak Customary Council is an official customary council of the Dayak people in Indonesia that acts as the highest authority over other cultural or traditional councils of the Dayak people. It has branches from the provincial level to the village level in the entire Kalimantan and is funded by the Indonesian government. It was established on 5 September 2006 after the 2nd National Indonesian Dayak Conference in Pontianak regarding matters of funding the organization and its structure,and has been incorporated into laws by various local governments in Kalimantan. The president of the council is elected by representatives of regional branches for a five year term. The current president of the council from 2021 to 2026 is Marthin Billa,who was previously regent of Malinau Regency and chief of the North Kalimantan provincial Dayak Council.
Batamad,abbreviation from Barisan Pertahanan Masyarakat Adat Dayak,is an official paramilitary under National Dayak Customary Council in Indonesia. It was established in February 2012 with approval of Central Kalimantan provincial government based on Regional Law Number 16 of 2008. Initially,it was created as a response of rising religious extremism in Indonesia,including Central Kalimantan,and the paramilitary was tasked to supervise suspicious religious activities there,particularly those allegedly by Islamic extremism. Other than that,the organization is also tasked to enforce customary laws under Dayak culture,enforcing tribal land claims,as well as protecting rights of Dayak people. It is proposed in 2018 by Central Kalimantan province that the organization would also act as a security personnels during tribal courts. However,outside of its given legal authorities,the organization also participate in enforcing road traffic with Indonesian National Police. The organization has been descibred by local media as an "official tribal police".
Kema Muhammad Aini Usop,or more popularly known as KMA Usop,was an Indonesian academician,politician,Dayak cultural figure,and former political prisoner during the early Reformasi era. He was famous for being accused as a provocator encouraging native Dayaks to kill Madurese migrants in Central Kalimantan,igniting the communal Sampit conflict in 2001. As a result,he was arrested and prevented from leaving the city of Palangka Raya,making him a city prisoner.
Dhony Rahajoe is an Indonesian architect and a former real estate developer executive who is the Deputy Head of Nusantara Capital City Authority since 10 March 2022. He previously served as managing director,President Office of Sinar Mas Land,a pillar of Sinar Mas Group. He is a mastermind behind projects of Sinar Mas Land,including elite housings in Indonesia,and also smart cities,housings,industrial and commercial buildings,hotels,and resorts scattered from Asia to Europe. He also described as "a very low profile figure with extreme calm" and "had been not under spotlight of publicities".
Raja Juli Antoni is an Indonesian politician who currently serves as Secretary General of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). He has served as Deputy Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning in Indonesia since 15 June 2022. He was also the founder of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI).
