The economy of Indonesia is a mixed economy with dirigiste characteristics,and it is one of the emerging market economies in the world and the largest in Southeast Asia. As an upper-middle income country and member of the G20,Indonesia is classified as a newly industrialized country. Indonesia nominal GDP reached 20.892 quadrillion rupiah in 2023,it is the 16th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the 7th largest in terms of GDP (PPP). Indonesia's internet economy reached US$77 billion in 2022,and is expected to cross the US$130 billion mark by 2025. Indonesia depends on the domestic market and government budget spending and its ownership of state-owned enterprises. The administration of prices of a range of basic goods also plays a significant role in Indonesia's market economy. However,micro,medium and small companies contribute around 61.7% of the economy and significant major private owned companies and foreign companies are also present
The Post-Suharto era is the contemporary history in Indonesia,which began with the resignation of authoritarian president Suharto on 21 May 1998. Since his resignation,the country has been in a period of transition known as the Reform era. This period has been characterised by a more open political-social environment and grassroots economic improvement.
Mari Elka Pangestu,is an Indonesian economist who served as managing director of Development Policy and Partnerships in the World Bank from 2020 to 2023. The President of the World Bank,David Malpass,announced her appointment on 9 January 2020 saying that she would be responsible for development policy and partnerships in her role in the bank. Previously she served as Minister of Trade in Indonesia from October 2004 to October 2011.
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.
Harmoko,colloquially referred to as Bung Harmoko,was an Indonesian politician and journalist who was active during the New Order era. He served as the Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 1997 until 1999,and was a factor in president Suharto's resignation during the widespread student demonstrations which occurred at the end of the New Order.
Joko Widodo,popularly known as Jokowi,is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the seventh president of Indonesia from 2014 to 2024. Previously a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P),he was the country's first president to not emerge 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.
Budi Karya Sumadi is an Indonesian architect who currently serves as the Minister of Transportation in Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet.
Protesting and riots took place on 21 and 22 May 2019 in Jakarta,the capital of Indonesia,mainly around the Tanah Abang district of Central Jakarta and in West Jakarta. The unrest followed former general Prabowo Subianto's refusal to accept defeat in the 2019 Indonesian presidential election to incumbent President Joko Widodo,also known as Jokowi.
The Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia is a government ministry responsible for the workers and labour laws of Indonesia. The minister is currently Ida Fauziyah since 23 October 2019.
Luciana Lamorgese is an Italian civil servant and prefect who served as minister of the interior in the governments of Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022.
Arifin Tasrif is an Indonesian executive who is the Minister for Energy &Mineral Resources until reshuffle on 19 August 2024 in Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet.
2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 20th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in Singapore was confirmed on 23 January 2020. Early cases were primarily imported until local transmission began to develop in February and March. In late March and April,COVID-19 clusters were detected at multiple migrant worker dormitories,which soon contributed to an overwhelming proportion of new cases in the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. It was confirmed to have spread to Indonesia on 2 March 2020,after a dance instructor and her mother tested positive for the virus. Both were infected from a Japanese national.
COVID-19 Pandemic spread to Uttar Pradesh in March 2020. While the World Health Organization praised the UP government for its contact tracing efforts,there were several other issues in its management of the pandemic,including under reportage of cases by the government,vaccine shortages and dismal conditions of COVID-19 hospitals.
COVID-19 Response Acceleration Task Force was a task force that coordinates and oversees the Indonesian government's efforts to accelerate the mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was established on 13 March 2020,coordinated by Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management,involves Ministry of Health,Indonesian National Police,and Indonesian Armed Forces. The task force executive board was led by Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management head Doni Monardo,with Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy as the head of advisory board.
Large-scale social restrictions or LSSR was a health and public movement restriction issued by the Indonesian government in response to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading. The restrictions were implemented by local government with the approval of the Ministry of Health. It includes measures such as closing public places,schools,restricting public transport,and limiting travel from and to the restricted areas. On 7 January 2021,the Ministry of Home Affairs decreed the rename of the measure in Java and Bali into the Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement or CARE.
A Tablighi Jamaat religious conference that took place at the "Masjid Jamek Sri Petaling" in Kuala Lumpur's Sri Petaling district between 27 February to 1 March 2020 became a COVID-19 super-spreader event with more than 3,300 cases being linked to the event. By 19 May 2020,the Malaysian Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed that 48% of the country's COVID-19 cases (3,347) had been linked to the Kuala Lumpur Tablighi Jamaat cluster. Additionally,nearly 10% of attendees were overseas visitors,causing COVID-19 to spread to other countries in Southeast Asia. On 8 July 2020,this cluster was declared over by the Ministry of Health.
This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020,which originated in Wuhan,China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
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).
