Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was an Indonesian politician, engineer and scientist who served as the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999. Less than three months after his inauguration as the seventh vice president in March 1998, he succeeded Suharto, who resigned after 32 years in office, thereby being the only Vice President to assume the presidency in such a manner. Originating from Sulawesi with Bugis-Gorontalese and Javanese ancestry, his presidency was seen as a landmark and transition to the Reform era.
Bank Negara Indonesia is an Indonesian state-owned bank. It has branches primarily in Indonesia, but it can also found in Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, London and New York. It had 2,047 branches and more than 63 million customers in 2021. It is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange as "BBNI".
Fadel Muhammad Alhaddar is a senator for the Regional Representative Council and was appointed governor of the then-newest Indonesian province, Gorontalo, from 2001–2006. In 2006, he won the first Gorontalo gubernatorial election, making him governor until 2011. From 22 October 2009 – 19 October 2011, he was the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet.
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is the ministry in the Government of India. It is the apex executive body for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws relating to micro, small and medium enterprises in India. The Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is Jitan Ram Manjhi.
Marzuki Alie is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the fifteenth speaker of the People's Representative Council from 2009 until 2014. A member of the Democratic Party until 2021, he was kicked from the party during an internal leadership struggle within the party. Marzuki Alie also served as Secretary General of the Democratic Party, the party formed by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Muhammad Chatib "Dede" Basri is an Indonesian economist who served as Minister of Finance in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet from 21 May 2013 to 20 October 2014 during the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Before he was appointed Minister of Finance he was the head of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board.
Marzuki Usman is an economist and expert on capital markets. He also served as Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications and the Minister of Forestry and Plantation. He is the current chairman of the Jakarta Stock Exchange and serves in several roles in a politically non-partisan capacity.
The Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction is an Indonesian ministry that administers laws, human rights, immigration, and correction. Previously named Ministry of Law and Human Rights, it changed to Coordinating Minister by Prabowo Subianto. It has been responsible for the president and led by the Coordinating Minister of Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, since 20 October 2024.
The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises is an Indonesian government ministry that oversee the development of state-owned enterprises in Indonesia. The ministry is led by a Minister of State Owned Enterprises, who reports to the President. The ministry is currently led by Erick Thohir.
The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs is an Indonesian government ministry in charge of planning and policy co-ordination, as well as synchronisation of policies in the field of economics. The ministry is led by a Coordinating Minister for Economics Affairs, which is currently Airlangga Hartarto since 23 October 2019.
Rachmad Gobel is an Indonesian businessman and politician from Gorontalo. His family controls the company, Gobel Group which is now called PT. Panasonic Gobel Indonesia, an Indonesian division of Panasonic. He is also the former Minister of Trade and the Indonesian President's Special Envoy to Japan. Currently, he is the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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.
Mahendra Siregar is the chief of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) of Indonesia. He previously served as Deputy Foreign Minister and was formerly the Indonesian Ambassador to the United States. On 25 October 2019, he was appointed as the deputy minister of foreign affairs supporting Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi in the second Jokowi cabinet appointed two days earlier on 23 October. Earlier, he had been appointed as Ambassador to the US by President Joko Widodo in 2018. He took up his post in Washington DC in early 2019. Mahendra is a respected economist in Indonesia who has held various senior positions within the Indonesian bureaucracy.
The Ministry of Investment/Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board is a government ministry formed by the Indonesian government in 2021. The ministry is responsible for investment affairs and facilitating easiness of investment 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.
Gerardus Budisatrio Djiwandono is an Indonesian politician who has been serving in the House of Representatives since 2017. A member of the Gerindra party, he is currently a Deputy Chairman of the legislature's fourth commission on agriculture, environmental, forestry, and maritime affairs.
Proposals for a Sulawesi Canal, or an Equatorial Canal, through the island of Sulawesi to connect the Gulf of Tomini with the Makassar Strait, have existed since the early 2000s. The aim is to create a busy international sea route that will shorten the sea transport distance from the eastern part of Sulawesi Island to the western part of Indonesia, as well as to the Philippines and Malaysia.
National Strategic Projects are Indonesian infrastructure projects which are designated as strategic in increasing economic growth, equitable development, community welfare and regional development. It was established during the administration of President Joko Widodo. PSN is regulated through a presidential regulation, while project implementation is carried out directly by the central government, regional government, and/or business entities as well as Government-Enterprise Cooperation (KPBU), prioritizing the use of domestic components. The legal basis for PSN is Presidential Regulation No. 3 of 2016 which was successively amended by Presidential Regulation No. 58 of 2017, Presidential Regulation No. 56 of 2018, and Presidential Regulation No. 109 of 2020.
The Coordinating Ministry for Social Empowerment is an Indonesian government ministry in charge of planning and policy co-ordination, as well as synchronization of policies in the field of social empowerment. The ministry is led by a Coordinating Minister for Social Empowerment, which is currently Muhaimin Iskandar since 21 October 2024.
