The transmigration program was an initiative of the Dutch colonial government and later continued by the Indonesian government to move landless people from densely populated areas of Indonesia to less populous areas of the country. This involved moving people permanently from the island of Java,but also to a lesser extent from Bali and Madura to less densely populated areas including Kalimantan,Sumatra,Sulawesi,Maluku and Papua. The program is currently coordinated by Ministry of Villages,Development of Disadvantaged Regions,and Transmigration.
Anies Rasyid Baswedan is an Indonesian academic,activist,and politician who served as the Governor of Jakarta from 2017 to 2022,as an Independent. A student activist and political analyst before entering public service,he served as rector of Paramadina University before being appointed to be Minister of Education and Culture in Joko Widodo administration. He is also the founder of Indonesia Mengajar,a program that selects,trains,and assigns university graduates to serve in a one-year teaching mission across the country. He is the grandson of nationalist,journalist,and freedom fighter Abdurrahman Baswedan,and the cousin of Novel Baswedan.
Joko Widodo,popularly known as Jokowi,is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the seventh and current president of Indonesia. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P),he was the country's first president to not have emerged from the country's political or military elite. He previously served as governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014 and mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012.
The Working Cabinet was sworn in on 27 October 2014,by President of Indonesia Joko Widodo.
Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi is an Indonesian diplomat who has been serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Joko Widodo since 2014. She is the first female minister appointed to the post. She was previously the Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014,as well as Ambassador to Iceland and Norway from 2005 to 2008.
Pratikno is an Indonesian politician and academician. He is currently the Minister / Secretary of State of Indonesia in the Onward Indonesia Cabinet,the cabinet appointed by President Joko Widodo for his second term in office 2019–2024.
Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono is an Indonesian bureaucrat who currently serves as the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing under Joko Widodo. Before his appointment as minister,he had worked for the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works for nine years.
Joko Widodo's presidential campaign in 2014 was announced on 14 March 2014,when his political party PDI-P declared him as the party's candidate for the upcoming election in 2014. He was then the Governor of Jakarta,and previously the Mayor of Surakarta. With former vice president Jusuf Kalla as his running mate,he was elected as President of Indonesia following election on 9 July and official KPU announcement on 22 July.
Sudirman Said is the former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia on the Working Cabinet from 27 October 2014 to 27 July 2016. He was replaced by Arcandra Tahar in the second cabinet reshuffle. He is known as an anti corruption figure.
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games took place on Saturday,18 August 2018,at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta,Indonesia. The event commenced at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:25 local time. Wishnutama was the creative director of the ceremony. The ceremony featured a stage designed as a 26-meter-high mountain with a waterfall. It weighed 600 tons,was 120 meters long and 30 meters wide,and included a display of Indonesian plants and flowers,as well as a mock volcano. The volcano symbolized Indonesia's location in the "Ring of Fire" surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Host event broadcasting company International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) filmed the televised coverage of the ceremony live internationally.
The 2018 Asian Games closing ceremony was held on Sunday,2 September 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta. It began at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:25 local time. Like the opening ceremony,host event broadcasting company International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) broadcast the ceremony live internationally. Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla,president of International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach,and president of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah were among the dignitaries in attendance.
The Nduga massacre was a shooting of construction workers that occurred on 1 December 2018,in Nduga Regency,Papua,Indonesia. The shooting is considered to be part of the Papuan conflict. The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) acknowledged responsibility and the Indonesian government labeled the attack a massacre.
Mohamad Nasir is an Indonesian politician and professor. He served as Minister of Research,Technology and Higher Education in the Working Cabinet between 2014 and 2019. He was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 27 October 2014,replacing Gusti Muhammad Hatta. He was rector-elect of Diponegoro University in Indonesia and was supposed to be sworn in on 18 December 2014.
The Ministry of Villages,Development of Disadvantaged Regions,and Transmigration is a government ministry in charge for assisting the President in regards to developing the rural and disadvantages areas in Indonesia. Through its community development,it would help to speed up the development of villages. It's also the responsible for the Transmigration Program.
The Indonesia Forward Cabinet is the current cabinet of Indonesia. It was announced by the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo on 23 October 2019. The president has so far reshuffled the cabinet on six occasions:first in December 2020,second in April 2021,third in March 2022,fourth in June 2022,and fifth in September 2022,and sixth in April 2023.
Abdul Halim Iskandar,often nicknamed Gus Halim,is an Indonesian politician who is the 7th and current Minister of Villages,Development of Disadvantaged Regions,and Transmigration in President Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet since 2019. A member of the National Awakening Party (PKB),he previously served as the speaker of the East Java Regional People's Representative Council from 2014 to 2019. Halim is the brother of Muhaimin Iskandar,the leader of the PKB,and the great-grandchild of Bisri Syansuri,a politician and figure in the Nahdlatul Ulama. He is married to Lilik Umi Nasriiyah,the couple has 3 children.
Yaqut Cholil Qoumas is an Indonesian cleric and politician who currently serves as the Minister of Religious Affairs under Joko Widodo,appointed since 23 December 2020. He previously chaired the Ansor Youth Movement and was a member of the People's Representative Council,both between 2015 and 2020.
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.
The current Indonesian Minister of Villages,Development of Disadvantaged Regions,and Transmigration is Abdul Halim Iskandar since 23 October 2019. The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Villages,Development of Disadvantaged Regions,and Transmigration which is Budi Arie Setiadi. The Minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Villages,Development of Disadvantaged Regions,and Transmigration.
