Gadjah Mada University is a public research university located in Sleman,Special Region of Yogyakarta,Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949,Gadjah Mada University is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education in the country,and has been credited as one of the best universities in Indonesia. In the 2024 QS World University Rankings,UGM is ranked 2nd in Indonesia and 263rd in the world.
General (Ret.) Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono is a retired honorary general from Kopassus,the Indonesian Army special forces group. Hendropriyono was the first head of Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency (BIN),and was general chairman of the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI).
Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi is an Indonesian diplomat who formerly served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Joko Widodo between 2014 and 2024. She is the first female minister appointed to the post. She was previously the Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014,as well as Ambassador to Iceland and Norway from 2005 to 2008.
Lukman Hakim Saifuddin is an Indonesian politician and Muslim scholar who was the Minister of Religious Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Working Cabinet of President Joko Widodo.
Air Chief Marshal (Ret.) Hadi Tjahjanto is the Coordinating Minister for Political,Legal,and Security Affairs under President Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet,replacing Mahfud MD due to his resignation. He is a former officer in the Indonesian Air Force who previously served as the 20th Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. An alumnus of the Indonesian Air Force Academy and Flight School,he was appointed by president Joko Widodo in 2017 as the Commander of the Armed Forces (Panglima).
Airlangga Hartarto is an Indonesian politician and businessman. He is the current Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs in President Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet,appointed on 23 October 2019. He was also the chairman of Golkar Party from 2017 to 2024.
Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono is an Indonesian bureaucrat who is the current Head of The Nusantara Capital City Authority and was the former Minister of Public Works and Public Housing under Joko Widodo. Before his appointment as minister,he had worked for the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works for nine years.
Yohanes Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo,commonly known as Kristiarto Legowo is an Indonesian diplomat who served as Ambassador for the Republic of Indonesia to Australia from 2017 to 2021. During his posting,he held simultaneously the position of Indonesian Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu. He was succeeded as Ambassador for Indonesia to Australia by Siswo Pramono.
Muhadjir Effendy is an Indonesian politician and rector. He was the minister of education and culture of the Republic of Indonesia in the Working Cabinet. He was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 27 July 2016 replacing Anies Baswedan. Effendy was also the Rector of Muhammadiyah University of Malang in Indonesia from 2000 to 2016. In addition Muhadjir is chairman of Muhammadiyah Central Board of Education and Culture.
Mohamad Nasir is an Indonesian politician and professor. He served as Minister of Research,Technology and Higher Education in the Working Cabinet between 2014 and 2019. He was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 27 October 2014,replacing Gusti Muhammad Hatta. He was rector-elect of Diponegoro University in Indonesia and was supposed to be sworn in on 18 December 2014.
Sakti Wahyu Trenggono is an Indonesian politician. As of 23 December 2020,he serves as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the Onward Indonesia Cabinet of President Joko Widodo.
Wiranto Arismunandar was an Indonesian academic. He served as the rector of the Bandung Institute of Technology from 1988 until 1997 and as a minister of education and culture for two months in 1998.
Bambang Kesowo is a retired bureaucrat and politician. He is known for being a few of Indonesian state bureaucrats to have risen from a lowest rank (Analyst) to the Minister of a ministry in continuous way and not a political party member to reaching his way to Ministership.
Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir is an Indonesian diplomat and the current Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs,in office since 21 October 2024.
Kyai Haji Yahya Cholil Staquf,nicknamed Gus Yahya,is an Indonesian politician and Islamic cleric who has served as the chairman of the Executive Council of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) since December 2021. In the election of the 34th NU Conference at Lampung University,Bandar Lampung on 24 December 2021,Gus Yahya beat the incumbent Said Aqil Siradj,with the former gaining 337 votes and the latter 210 votes. He served as spokesperson of Abdurrahman Wahid from 1999 to 2001. On 31 May 2018,he was appointed as member of Presidential Advisory Council replacing Hasyim Muzadi by President Joko Widodo. Yahya is a former member of National Awakening Party (PKB).
Sumaryanto has been the rector of Yogyakarta State University since 2021. He is also known as a member of the joint independent fact-finding team formed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia,Joko Widodo,to help investigating the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster.
Sri Adiningsih was an Indonesian professor of economics at the Gadjah Mada University who served as the chairperson of the Presidential Advisory Council from 19 January 2015 to 20 October 2019. She had also served as a member of the People's Consultative Assembly ad hoc expert team in 2001 and became the secretary of the Constitutional Commission.
Ova Emilia is an Indonesian professor and writer currently serving as the 17th rector of Gadjah Mada University.
Bulaksumur petition was a document signed by academics of Gadjah Mada University on 31 January 2024,and demanded president Joko Widodo to adhere to the rule of law
