The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is a centre to centre-left secular-nationalist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014,it has been the ruling and largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR),having secured 128 seats in the last election. The party is led by Megawati Sukarnoputri,who served as the President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. It is also the party of the current president,Joko Widodo.
Mohammad Mahfud Mahmodin,commonly known as Mahfud MD,is an Indonesian politician,and legal academic who served as the 14th Coordinating Minister for Political,Legal,and Security Affairs of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024. He also previously served as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia,member of the People's Representative Council,Minister of Defense,and Minister of Law and Human Rights.
The Indonesian Solidarity Party is a political party in Indonesia that focuses on women's rights,pluralism,and Indonesian youth. It is led by Kaesang Pangarep who is the youngest son of President Joko Widodo. He joined the party on 23 September 2023 and became the general chairmen on 25 September 2023.
Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly is the current Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia. He was a member of the North Sumatra regional legislature from 1999 to 2003,and of the People's Consultative Assembly from 2004 to 2014. He is the first ethnic Nias to hold a cabinet position. He is one of the leaders in the central executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
Setya Novanto,colloquially referred to as Setnov,is a former Indonesian politician,presently serving a 15 year jail sentence for corruption. He was chairman of Golkar Party and speaker of the People's Representative Council until his arrest in 2017 for corruption. Born in Bandung,he entered politics in 1998 after a business career and became a member of the People's Representative Council following the 1999 general election. After he was re-elected for a third time in the 2014 general election,won by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle,he was appointed DPR (Parliament) Speaker by the majority opposition coalition.
Ganjar Pranowo is an Indonesian politician who served as the governor of Central Java between 2013 and 2023. He is a member of the nationalist Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). He is a candidate for the 2024 Indonesian presidential elections,running alongside former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia,Mahfud MD. Previously,he represented Central Java as a national legislator in the People's Representative Council (DPR) for two terms from 2004 until 2009 and 2009 until 2013. He has been described as a left-wing populist.
Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi is an Indonesian politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P),who is serving as the current speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR),Indonesia's lower house since 2019. She is the first female and the third-youngest person to take the office permanently,being aged 46,when she took the oath of office. She previously served as the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs between 2014 and 2019,becoming the first female and the youngest coordinating minister,being only 41 when she took office.
The 2018 Central Java gubernatorial election was held on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was conducted to elect the governor of Central Java along with their deputy,whilst members of the provincial council will be re-elected in 2019.
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.
Rustriningsih is an Indonesian politician who served as the Vice Governor of Central Java between 2008 and 2013. Previously,she served two terms as the regent of Kebumen. She was formerly a member of PDI-P,until she left the party around 2014 following her support for Prabowo Subianto in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election.
General elections were held in Indonesia on 14 February 2024 to elect the president,vice president,People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) which consists of the House of Representatives (DPR),the Regional Representative Council (DPD),and members of local legislative bodies at the provincial and city/regency levels. The newly elected members of the MPR will be sworn in on 1 October 2024,while the elected president and vice president will be sworn in on 20 October 2024. Incumbent President Joko Widodo is ineligible to run for a third term due to limitations established by the Indonesian constitution. The election has over 200 million eligible voters,voting in over 800,000 polling stations across the country on the same date.
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.
Arifin Tasrif is an Indonesian executive who is the Minister for Energy &Mineral Resources in Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet.
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).
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.
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.
The electoral campaign for the 2024 Indonesian presidential election of Ganjar Pranowo,two-term governor of Central Java,was officially launched in April 2023 upon his party the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's endorsement of his candidacy on 21 April 2023. On 18 October 2023,PDI-P endorsed Mahfud MD as candidate vice president.
The 2024 Indonesian presidential election was the fifth general election in Indonesia in which voters elected a President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia. The direct election was conducted on 14 February 2024 to determine the holders of the office of president and vice president for the 2024‒2029 term. Incumbent president Joko Widodo was ineligible to run for a third term due to limitations set by the Indonesian Constitution.
Angela Herliani Tanoesoedibjo is an Indonesian businessperson and politician of Chinese descent who is the Vice Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy since 2019,as the deputy of Sandiaga Uno. As the eldest daughter of MNC Group CEO Hary Tanoesoedibjo,she unexpectedly shot to fame being one of the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin young ministerial candidates while co-currently the Commissioner of the MNC Group. As the editor in chief of Tanoesoedibjo Media Business Network's High End Magazine and High End Teen,Angela holds this position.
