Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on 5 July and 20 September 2004. As no candidate won a majority in the first round,a runoff was held,in which Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono defeated Megawati Sukarnoputri and was elected president. They were the first direct presidential elections in the history of Indonesia;prior to a 2002 amendment to the Constitution of Indonesia,both the president and vice president had been elected by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
The House of Representatives 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.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,commonly referred to by his initials SBY,is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party of Indonesia,he served as the 4th leader of the Democratic Party from 2014 until 2020,8th and 10th coordinating minister of politics and security affairs of Indonesia from 2000 until 2001,and again from 2001 until 2004. He also served as the president of the Assembly and chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute. He was also the former chairman of ASEAN due to Indonesia's hosting of the 18th and 19th ASEAN Summits.
The Democratic Party is a centrist political party in Indonesia. It was founded on 9 September 2001. It states its ideology to be based on Pancasila.
Muhammad Jusuf Kalla is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the 10th and 12th vice president of Indonesia,the only vice president in Indonesian history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. He was unsuccessful as Golkar's presidential nominee in the 2009 presidential election. Before Kalla declared himself as the running mate for Joko Widodo in the 2014 presidential election,a 2012 poll placed his popularity among likely voters in the top three contenders for the presidency and ahead of his own party's nominee Aburizal Bakrie.
Diponegoro University is a public university in Semarang,Central Java,Indonesia. Founded in 1957 as a private university by the Semarang University Foundation,which later in 1960 became public university,and named after Javanese Prince Diponegoro. It is the oldest education corporation in Central Java.
Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on 8 July 2009. The elections returned a president and vice president for the 2009–2014 term. Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,elected with a 20% margin in the 2004 election,sought a second term against former President Megawati Sukarnoputri in a rematch of the 2004 election,as well as incumbent Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Securing a majority of the votes in a landslide victory in the first round,Yudhoyono was re-elected without the need to proceed to a second round,scheduled to be held on 8 September if no candidate received a majority of the popular vote. Yudhoyono was officially declared the victor of the election on 23 July 2009,by the General Election Commission (KPU). At the time of his re-election victory,Yudhoyono,with nearly 74 million votes in his favour,held the record for the highest number of votes for a single person in any democratic election in history,surpassing Barack Obama's total of 69 million votes in the 2008 United States presidential election. His record was surpassed by his successor Joko Widodo who won 85 million votes in 2019.
Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 9 April 2009 for 132 seats of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) and 560 seats of the People's Representative Council (DPR). A total of 38 parties met the requirements to be allowed to participate in the national elections,with a further six regional parties contesting in Aceh only. The Democratic Party of incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the largest share of the vote,followed by Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
The MPR/DPR/DPD Building,also known as the MPR/DPR Building is the seat of government for the Indonesian legislative branch of government,which consists of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR),the People's Representative Council (DPR) and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD).
Ma'ruf Amin is an Indonesian politician,Islamic cleric,and lecturer who is the 13th and current vice president of Indonesia. Aged nearly 76 years old when inaugurated,he is the oldest Indonesian vice president to ever be sworn in.
Grand Mosque of Makassar is a mosque located in Makassar,Indonesia,and the main mosque of South Sulawesi Province. The construction begun in 1948 and completed in 1949. Since then the mosque underwent a renovation from 1999 to 2005. The mosque can accommodate up to 10,000 worshipers,making it one of the largest mosques in Southeast Asia.
Bambang Soesatyo,more colloquially referred to as Bamsoet,is an Indonesian politician and businessman,who is currently serving as the 15th Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly since 2019,and as a Member of the House of Representatives since 2009. A member of Golkar,he previously served as the 18th Speaker of the House of Representatives following the resignation of Setya Novanto.
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.
Putu Ayu Saraswati popularly known as Ayu Saraswati is an Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Ambassador,Medical practitioner,fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2020. Since 2020,she serves as the Ambassador and Advisory Council of Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection of The Republic of Indonesia and Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia,that works for #SangGuruKehidupan in advocating for women empowerment,Child protection,elderly care,natural disaster and free healthcare programs. Ayu Saraswati is the second delegate from Bali to ever be crowned Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan after Ayu Diandra Sari Tjakra in 2009. She was expected to represent Indonesia at Miss International 2022,but she withdrew from the competition.
The Constitution of Indonesia has been amended four times since its creation,all of which were approved by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) during the 1999 –2002 period.
On Wednesday,20 October 2004,President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was inaugurated as the 6th president of Indonesia. Yudhoyono was the first democratically direct-elected president of Indonesia,after previous presidents was elected by the People's Consultative Assembly.
Jihan Nurlela Chalim is an Indonesian politician who became a member of the 2019–2024 House of Representatives (DPR) for the Lampung Province since 2019.
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.
