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.
Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency is an Indonesian non-departmental government agency for meteorology, climatology, and geophysics.
This is a list of some of the regions of Indonesia. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the central government. At different times of Indonesia's history, the nation has been designated as having regions that do not necessarily correlate to the current administrative or physical geography of the territory of the nation.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Indonesia:
The Ministry of Home Affairs is an interior ministry of the government of Indonesia responsible for matters of the state. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Home Affairs until 2010 when the nomenclature of the Department of Home Affairs was changed to the Ministry of Home Affairs in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 3 of 2010 on the Nomenclature of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran is an Indonesian Islamic religious festival held at national level, aimed at glorification of the Qur'an. On this festival, participants compete at reciting Al-Qur'an employing qira'at.
Local elections were held in Indonesia on 27 June 2018. Voters elected 17 governors, 39 mayors and 115 regents across the country. The elections included gubernatorial elections for Indonesia's four most populous provinces: West Java, East Java, Central Java and North Sumatra.
The Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency is a ministry of the Republic of Indonesia that has the task to oversee government affairs in the field of national development planning to assist the President in organizing state government. The minister is responsible to the President. The Ministry of National Development Planning uses organizational units and resources within the National Development Planning Agency.
The Ministry of Public Works, is an Indonesian government ministry that is responsible for public works. The ministry is under the responsibility to the President. Since 21 October 2024, the ministry is led by Dody Hanggodo.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology was a government ministry of the Indonesian government responsible for education, cultural, research, and technology affairs. Its formation resulted from the merger of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Research and Technology in April 2021. In October 2024, under the Red White Cabinet, the ministry was split into three ministries: Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, and Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
The Higher Education Services Institutes is a system of institutions formed by the Indonesian government to provide guidance to both public and private universities inside the jurisdiction of Indonesia. For most of its existence, the system was placed under the Ministry of Education and Culture, before being transferred to Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education during Joko Widodo's first cabinet. It was briefly returned to the Ministry of Education and Culture, before being transferred again to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology after second reshuffle of his second cabinet.
The Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development(Indonesian: Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian, abbreviated as Balitbangtan) abbreviated in English as IAARD was a supporting unit of the Ministry of Agriculture which is responsible for state research, development, and innovation in the field of agriculture in Indonesia.
The Forest and Environment Research, Development and Innovation Agency, officially named Research, Development, and Innovation Agency of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The agency nationally known as BLI, while internationally known as FORDA-MOF. The agency was a supporting unit of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The agency was responsible for performing researches on environmental sciences, climate change and its mitigation, and forestry in Indonesia.
The Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board was until 2021 a Non-Ministerial Government Body in Indonesia for formulation of government policies in the field of investment, both domestically and abroad. Since 2021, it was elevated into a ministry, the Ministry of Investment.
The Agency for Agricultural Assemblies and Modernization, formerly Agricultural Instruments Standardization Agency, is the supporting unit of the Ministry of Agriculture which is responsible for the engineering, assembly, testing, dissemination, and application of modern agriculture in Indonesia. When it was established as BSIP, the agency was formerly tasked to establish state standards for developing products and innovation in the field of agriculture in Indonesia.
The Indonesian Quarantine Agency is a cabinet-level government agency responsible for enforcing Indonesian animal, fish, and plant quarantine code formed in 2023. It was founded by Joko Widodo in his second administration.
The Ministry of Law is an Indonesian ministry that administers and develops law and intellectual property in Indonesia. The ministry has been led by Supratman Andi Agtas since 21 October 2024.
