Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of Indonesia. It is formerly called the first-level provincial region before the Reform era. Provinces have a local government, consisting of a governor and a regional legislative body. The governor and members of local representative bodies are elected by popular vote for five-year terms, but governors can only serve for two terms. Provincial governments have the authority to regulate and manage their own government affairs, subject to the limits of the central government. The average land area of all 38 provinces in Indonesia is about 49,800 km2 (19,200 sq mi), and they had an average population in mid 2023 of 7,334,111 people.
Indonesia is divided into provinces. Provinces are made up of regencies and cities (kota). Provinces, regencies, and cities have their own local governments and parliamentary bodies.
The Governor of East Kalimantan is the executive head of the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. The current officeholder is Akmal Malik as acting governor since 1 October 2023.
Soni Sumarsono is an Indonesian civil servant who was the Director-General of Regional Autonomy in the Ministry of Home Affairs. As part of his position, he has become acting governors for the provinces of South Sulawesi, Jakarta and North Sulawesi.
This is a list of emblems or coat of arms used in Indonesia. Indonesia is divided into 38 provinces, and each province is divided into regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota). There are 416 regencies and 98 cities. Each province, regency, and city has its own emblem.
The vice governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who, along with the governor and 106 members of Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD), is accountable for the strategic government of Jakarta. Jakarta is administratively equal to a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia. Hence, the executive head of Jakarta is a governor, instead of a mayor.
Sodjuangon Situmorang is an Indonesian bureaucrat who worked in the Department of Internal Affairs and briefly in the office of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs as a deputy. Sodjuangan also held office as the acting governor of Central Kalimantan in 2005 and Papua in 2006.
Hari Nur Cahya Murni is an Indonesian bureaucrat who currently serves as the director general of regional development and acting governor of Jambi.
Soedarmo is an Indonesian military officer and bureaucrat who was the Director General of Politics and General Government from 2015 to 2019. Due to his office in the Ministry of Home Affairs, he held acting governorships in Aceh and Papua.
Nusantara Capital City Authority is a cabinet level-agency formed by the Indonesian government, working directly under the President of Indonesia. The agency will become a special agency tasked with managing and governing the city of Nusantara, future capital of Indonesia located on Kalimantan.
Dhony Rahajoe is an Indonesian architect and a former real estate developer executive who is the Deputy Head of Nusantara Capital City Authority since 10 March 2022. He previously served as managing director, President Office of Sinar Mas Land, a pillar of Sinar Mas Group. He is a mastermind behind projects of Sinar Mas Land, including elite housings in Indonesia, and also smart cities, housings, industrial and commercial buildings, hotels, and resorts scattered from Asia to Europe. He was described as "a very low profile figure with extreme calm" and "had been not under spotlight of publicities".
Ribka Haluk is an Indonesian bureaucrat and deputy minister of home affairs since October 2024. She previously held office as acting governor of Central Papua from 2022 to 2024 and head of Women Emancipation Office of Jayawijaya Regency in 2004 and then become acting regent of Mappi Regency in 2017 and also acting regent of Yalimo Regency in 2021. She was appointed as a special staff under Ministry of Home Affairs before being appointed again as the acting governor of newly formed province of Central Papua. She is the first female Papuan to be appointed as a governor.
Nikolaus Kondomo is an Indonesian attorney and bureaucrat who is serving as the governor of Highland Papua province in an acting capacity since 11 November 2022 until 13 November 2023. He also held office in the attorney general's office of Indonesia as the attorney general's expert staff for inter-institutional relations and international cooperation since 10 November 2022. Prior to that, he was the attorney general of Papua from 2019 to 2022. He was the first ethnic Papuan (Muyu) to be appointed as the attorney general of a province.
Muhammad Abud Musa'ad is an Indonesian academic and bureaucrat who is serving as the Acting Governor of Southwest Papua since 9 December 2022. He also held office in the Ministry of Investment as the minister's expert staff for competitiveness improvement. Musaad was previously head of Papua's Regional Development Planning Agency from 2014 until 2019 and Second Assistant to the Papuan Regional Secretary from 2020 until 2022. He was also a lecturer in the Cenderawasih University, with his last position in the university being the head of the university's democratic center.
Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu is an Indonesian politician who has served as the mayor of Semarang, Central Java since January 2023. She was previously Semarang's vice mayor under Hendrar Prihadi since 2016 until Hendrar's resignation in October 2022.
The Governor of West Java is the executive head of the West Java Province. He is responsible for running the government together with his deputy and members of the West Java Regional People's Representative Council as the legislative. The Governor of West Java is an elected politician who, along with the vice governor and 120 members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD), is accountable for the strategic government of the province of West Java.
