Malang is an inland city in the Indonesian province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of Singhasari Kingdom. It is the second most populous city in the province,with a population of 820,043 at the 2010 Census and 843,810 at the 2020 Census;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 846,126. The Malang Metropolitan area was home to 3,663,691 inhabitants in 2010,spread across two cities and 22 districts. Malang is the third largest city by economy in East Java,after Surabaya and Kediri,with an estimated 2016 GDP at Rp. 44.30 trillion.
Mohammad Natsir was an Islamic scholar and politician. He was Indonesia's fifth prime minister.
Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif,popularly known as Buya Syafi'i,was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and intellectual. He was chairman of Muhammadiyah between 1998 and 2005. Educated in the United States,he was known for his moderate and progressive interpretation of Islam and his opposition to the direct influence of Islam in politics.
Anies Rasyid Baswedan is an Indonesian academic,activist,and politician who served as the Governor of Jakarta from 2017 to 2022,as an Independent. A student activist and political analyst before entering public service,he served as rector of Paramadina University before being appointed to be Minister of Education and Culture in Joko Widodo administration. He is also the founder of Indonesia Mengajar,a program that selects,trains,and assigns university graduates to serve in a one-year teaching mission across the country. He is the grandson of nationalist,journalist,and freedom fighter Abdurrahman Baswedan,and the cousin of Novel Baswedan.
Abdurrahman Baswedan,also known as AR Baswedan was a nationalist,journalist,Indonesian freedom fighter,diplomat,and writer. Baswedan was a member of the Central Advisory Council during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (BPUPK),served as Deputy Minister of Information of the Third Sjahrir Cabinet,a member of the Central Indonesian National Committee Working Group,a member of parliament,and also a member of the Indonesian Constitutional Assembly. Baswedan was one of Indonesia's first diplomats who successfully gained de jure and de facto international recognition for the Republic of Indonesia. He was awarded the title of National Hero of Indonesia in 2018.
Suyanto is a professor and technocrat from Indonesia. He had been a rector of Yogyakarta State University and Director General for Management of Primary and Secondary Education in Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. He is also known as a writer and speaker in education. His current positions are as a Vice Chairman of Majelis Pendidikan Tinggi Pimpinan Pusat Muhammadiyah and Chairman of Alumni Association of Yogyakarta State University.
Dede Rosyada is a Muslim academic and intellectual from Indonesia. He has been rector of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta since 2015.
Djarot Saiful Hidayat is an Indonesian politician who is currently a member of the People's Representative Council. He was the governor of Jakarta,in office between 15 June and 15 October 2017 after being acting governor since 9 May. He replaced his predecessor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama when the latter was found guilty of blasphemy against Islam. He was appointed by Basuki as Deputy Governor in 2014 to fill the gap left by the election of Joko Widodo as president.
Muhammad Alhamid is an Indonesian professor,academician,lecturer,and civil servant. Muhammad was the chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) for the period 2012–2017,after completing his duties as chairman of the Bawaslu,he was later appointed as a member of the Election Organization Ethics Council of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2017–2022 and was inaugurated on 12 June 2017 by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
The Onward Indonesia Cabinet is the current Cabinet of Indonesia. It was announced by the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo on 23 October 2019. The president has so far reshuffled the cabinet on nine occasions,with the last reshuffle occurred in October 2023.
Super East Java derby is the name given in football rivalries to any match between two Indonesian football clubs:Arema (Galatama) and Persebaya Surabaya (Perserikatan). The fierce competition between both teams began in 1992 when Arema and Persebaya Surabaya were grouped together in 1992 Piala HUT Arema.
Dawam Rahardjo was an Indonesian Muslim scholar and human rights activist. An economist by profession,Dawam was widely known for his uncompromising defence of minority groups and his advocacy for religious pluralism in Indonesian society. He was awarded the Yap Thiam Hien Award in 2013.
Bahtiar Effendi was a prominent Indonesian Muslim scholar and public intellectual. He was a professor at the Faculty of Social and Political Science at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta. Effendi was widely known for his relentless support for democracy and religious pluralism in Indonesian society.
Flash floods occurred throughout the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and its metropolitan area on the early hours of 1 January 2020,due to the overnight rain which dumped nearly 400 millimetres (15 in) of rainwater,causing the Ciliwung and Cisadane rivers to overflow. At least 66 people have been killed,and 60,000 displaced in the worst flooding in the area since 2007.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. It was confirmed to have spread to Indonesia on 2 March 2020,after a dance instructor and her mother tested positive for the virus. Both were infected from a Japanese national.
Saefullah was an Indonesian bureaucrat and teacher. He primarily served in the regional government of Jakarta,reaching the rank of regional secretary in 2014. He had previously served as appointed mayor of Central Jakarta between 2010 and 2014,following a seven-year career in Jakarta's educational offices. He died in 2020 due to COVID-19.
Juliari Peter Batubara is an Indonesian politician,who served as Minister of Social Affairs in the 41st Cabinet of Indonesia from 23 October 2019 until his arrest in December 2020 for alleged corruption. He is a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).
Festus Simbiak was an Indonesian academic and politician who served as the acting rector of Cenderawasih University from 2011 until 2013 and as the coordinator for private universities in Papua and West Papua from 2013 until 2017.
Gembong Warsono was an Indonesian politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. He was elected twice into the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives,serving as a member from 2014 until his death in 2023. He had led his party's faction in the legislature and was a critic of governor Anies Baswedan.
