The Party of Functional Groups,often known by its abbreviation Golkar,is a centre-right big tent political party in Indonesia. It was founded as the Joint Secretariat of Functional Groups in 1964,and participated for the first time in national elections in 1971 as Functional Groups. Since 2019,it has been the second-largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR) with 85 seats. It is led by Airlangga Hartarto.
Surya Dharma Paloh is an Indonesian politician and media mogul. He owns Media Group,a conglomerate company that include the Media Indonesia daily newspaper and MetroTV, a 24-hour news television channel. In politics,he was the chairman of the advisory board of the Golkar Party,currently the second biggest political party in Indonesia. He is also the founder of National Democrat mass organization,which later gave birth to the Nasdem Party on 26 July 2011.
PT Media Televisi Indonesia,operating as Metro TV, is an Indonesian free-to-air television news network based in West Jakarta. It was established on November 25,2000 and now has over 52 relay stations all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh who also owns the Media Indonesia daily. These two,along with other newspapers distributed in different parts of Indonesia,are part of the Media Group.
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.
The NasDem Party is a political party in Indonesia. It is partly funded by media baron Surya Paloh who founded the similarly named organization,National Democrats. Despite this,and logo similarity,Nasional Demokrat has insisted that it is not linked with the party. On May 17 2023,the Secretary General of the Nasdem Party,Johnny G. Plate was named a suspect in the corruption case of the 4G BTS Infrastructure project in frontier,remote and disadvantaged areas which was estimated to result in state losses of more than IDR 8 trillion.
Marco Kartodikromo,also known by his pen name Mas Marco,was an Indonesian journalist and writer.
Mochamad Ridwan Kamil,alternatively Kang Emil is an Indonesian architect and politician who was the 15th Governor of West Java,the largest province of Indonesia. He was also the mayor of Bandung from 2013 to 2018. As an architect,he designed iconic structures in Indonesia and other countries in Asia with his Urbane architectural firm and lectured at the Department of Architecture,Bandung Institute of Technology.
Pembrita Betawi was a daily newspaper from Batavia,Dutch East Indies,which was published from 1884 until 1916. It was established as a joint venture between the Indo journalists J. Kieffer and W. Meulenhoff. The newspaper saw several changes of ownership until rights were acquired by Albrecht in 1887. Notable contributors included Lie Kim Hok and Tirto Adhi Soerjo.
Tirto Adhi Soerjo was an Indonesian journalist known for his sharp criticism of the Dutch colonial government. Born to a noble Javanese family in Blora,Central Java,Tirto first studied to become a doctor but later focused on journalism. A freelancer since 1894,in 1902 he was made an editor of the Batavia based Pembrita Betawi. Tirto established his first newspaper in 1903 and,four years later,created Medan Prijaji as a medium for educated native Indonesians. This proved his longest-lived publication,lasting over five years before Tirto was exiled in 1912 to Bacan for his staunch anti-colonial criticism.
The Indonesian Unity Party,Perindo is a political party in Indonesia. The party was founded on 8 October 2014 and declared on 7 February 2015 by media tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibjo,owner of the MNC Group and business partner of former US President Donald Trump.
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.
Peter Frans Gontha is an Indonesian businessman,commercial television pioneer,and jazz musician. He served as Indonesian ambassador to Poland from October 2014 to January 2019.
The 2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of North Sumatra along with their deputy,whilst members of the provincial council will be re-elected in 2019.
Joko Widodo's presidential campaign in 2014 was announced on 14 March 2014,when his political party PDI-P declared him as the party's candidate for the upcoming election in 2014. He was then the Governor of Jakarta,and previously the Mayor of Surakarta. With former vice president Jusuf Kalla as his running mate,he was elected as President of Indonesia following election on 9 July and official KPU announcement on 22 July.
Enggartiasto Lukita is an Indonesian politician and businessman. He served as the Minister of Trade from 27 July 2016 until 23 October 2019. He was previously renown as the Chairman of Indonesian Real Estate in 1992–1995 and the member of Indonesian People's Representative Council for three terms from 2000–2004,2004–2009,and 2009–2013 under the Golkar Party. In 2013 Enggartiasto Lukita decided to join the Nasdem Party which was declared by his previous partner in Golkar,Surya Paloh. He was appointed as the Minister of Trade during President Joko Widodo's second cabinet reshuffle.
Rusdy Mastura is an Indonesian politician who is the governor of Central Sulawesi and was the mayor of the province's capital,Palu,between 2005 and 2015.
The Onward Indonesia Coalition is an official political coalition in Indonesia that supported the presidential/vice presidential candidates Joko Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin in the 2019 presidential election. It was initially known as the Working Indonesia Coalition,founded in 2018. The coalition is currently utilized as the government of President Joko Widodo.
Christina Aryani is an Indonesian lawyer and politician of the Golkar party who is a member of the People's Representative Council,serving since 2019.
The electoral campaign for the 2024 Indonesian presidential election of Anies Baswedan,former governor of Jakarta,was officially launched on 3 October 2022 after Nasdem Party leader Surya Paloh officially declared Anies Baswedan as their presidential candidate for the 2024 Indonesian presidential election. In September 2023,National Awakening Party (PKB) joined Anies Coalition and endorsed PKB's chairman Muhaimin Iskandar as Anies running mate.
