The Special Region of Yogyakarta is a province-level special region of Indonesia in southern Java. It is a semi-enclave that is surrounded by on the landward side by Central Java Province to the west,north,and east,but has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean to the south.
West Java is an Indonesian province on the western part of the island of Java,with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to the west,the Java Sea to the north,the province of Central Java to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south. With Banten,this province is the native homeland of the Sundanese people,the second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia.
East Java is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost third of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west;the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and southern coasts,respectively,while the narrow Bali Strait to the east separates Java from Bali by around 2.29 kilometres (1.42 mi). Located in eastern Java,the province also includes the island of Madura,as well as the Kangean islands and other smaller island groups located further east and the Masalembu archipelago to the north. Its capital is Surabaya,the second largest city in Indonesia,a major industrial center and also a major business center. Banyuwangi is the largest regency in East Java and the largest on the island of Java.
The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) is a regional organization of liberal democratic political parties in Asia.
West Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia. It borders the provinces of South Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi to the east,Makassar Strait to the west,and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The province also shares maritime borders with East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan to the west and West Nusa Tenggara to the south. It is located on the western side of Sulawesi island. It covers a land area of 17,152.99 km2,and its capital is the town of Mamuju. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 1,158,651,while that in 2020 recorded 1,419,228;the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,481,077.
Hamzah Haz was the ninth vice president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004 under President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Prior to serving as vice president,Hamzah served as a cabinet minister and a member of the People's Representative Council (DPR). He also chaired the United Development Party (PPP) from 1998 to 2007,and was the party's presidential candidate in the 2004 Indonesian presidential election.
The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship,funded by the British Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organizations,that enables foreign students to study at universities in the United Kingdom.
The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries,the European Union (EU),and the African Union (AU). It works to address major issues related to the global economy,such as international financial stability,climate change mitigation and sustainable development,through annual meetings of Heads of State and Heads of Government.
AirlanggaUniversity is the second-oldest university in Indonesia and also a public university located in Surabaya,East Java. Despite being officially established by Indonesian Government Regulation in 1954,Universitas Airlangga was first founded in 1948 as a distant branch of the University of Indonesia,with roots dating back to 1913. It started with a medical school and a school of dentistry. Now Universitas Airlangga hosts 16 faculties with more than 35,000 students and 1,570 faculty members. Universitas Airlangga has university hospitals for the faculties of Medicine,Veterinary Medicine,Nursing,and Dentistry,as well as a tropical infection hospital for its Institute of Tropical Disease. The university is also equipped with biosafety level three facilities.
Indonesians are citizens or people who are identified with the country of Indonesia,regardless of their ethnic or religious background. There are more than 1,300 ethnicities in Indonesia,making it a multicultural archipelagic country with a diversity of languages,culture and religious beliefs. The population of Indonesia according to the 2020 national census was 270.2 million. 56% live on the island of Java,the world's most populous island. Around 95% of Indonesians are Native Indonesians,primarily of Austronesian and Melanesian descent,with 40% Javanese and 15% Sundanese forming the majority,while the other 5% are Indonesians with ancestry from foreign origin,such as Arab Indonesians,Chinese Indonesians,Indian Indonesians,and Indos.
Butet Manurung or Saur Marlina Manurung is a pioneer for alternative education for indigenous people in isolated and remote areas in Indonesia. Like other young Batak girls,she was called "Butet". Therefore,she is well known as Butet Manurung.
Andrew Hsia is a Taiwanese politician who is a vice chairman of the Kuomintang. He was minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from February 2015 to May 2016,and was chairman of the Association of Foreign Relations (AFR) from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023,he continues to serve on the AFR Board as managing supervisor.
Dr Desra Percaya is an Indonesian diplomat who,since 2020,serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Kingdom,accredited to Ireland and the International Maritime Organization.
The 2018 Makassar mayoral election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the mayor of Makassar and the deputy mayor.
Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita is an Indonesian politician. He is the current Minister of Industry in the Republic of Indonesia,appointed on 24 August 2019.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives,is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives of Indonesia. The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives and is simultaneously the Council's presiding officer. The speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions.
Puteri Anetta Komarudin is an Indonesian politician and a member of the House of Representatives serving since 2019. She is a member of the Golkar Party.
Parlindungan Wilfritz Togar Simanjuntak was an Indonesian Lutheran minister. He was a member of the People's Representative Council from 1967 until 1971 and the Ephorus (chairman) of the Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP) from 17 February 1993 to 1 November 1998.
Sihar Pangihutan Hamonangan Sitorus Pane is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is a member of the House of Representatives of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle,having served since 2019. He took part in the 2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election as a vice-governor candidate to Djarot Saiful Hidayat.
Manurung is one of Toba Batak clans originating in North Sumatra,Indonesia. People of this clan bear the clan's name as their surname. Notable people of this clan include:
