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 east,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.
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.
Anies Rasyid Baswedan is an Indonesian academic,activist,and politician who served as the Governor of Jakarta from 2017 to 2022. A student activist and political analyst before entering public service,he served as the 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. He was a candidate for President of Indonesia in the 2024 election.
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.
Syahrul Yasin Limpo is an Indonesian politician,who served as Minister of Agriculture in Joko Widodo's Onward Cabinet from October 2019 until the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced his involvement in alleged corruption in September 2023. He was governor of South Sulawesi from 2008 to 2018.
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.
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.
Police-General (Ret.) Tan Sri Budi Gunawan PSM 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).
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.
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.
Jan Samuel Maringka is an Indonesian prosecutor who served as the Inspector General of the Ministry of Agriculture from 2022 to 2023. Prior to his appointment in the ministry,Jan held various positions in the public prosecution service,including as the attorney general of Maluku from 2015 to 2017,attorney general of South Sulawesi in 2017,and the junior attorney general for intelligence from 2017 to 2020.
Richard Louhenapessy is an Indonesian former politician of the Golkar party who was the mayor of Ambon,Maluku for two terms between 2011–2016 and 2017–2022. Near the end of his tenure in 2022,he was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission for receiving bribes and was sentenced to five years in prison. Prior to becoming mayor,he had been elected four times into the provincial legislature between 1992 and 2009.
The 2024 North Maluku gubernatorial election will be held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the governor of North Maluku for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018.
Drs. H. Abdul Wahid HK,M.M.,M.Si was an Indonesian Golkar politician who became Regent of North Hulu Sungai for two terms from 2012 to 2021. He served as the Regent of North Hulu Sungai together with his deputy,Husairi Abdi.
