The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is a marhaen populist Indonesian political party,and the party of the current President of Indonesia,Joko Widodo. It is a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and Progressive Alliance.
The Party of Functional Groups,often known by its abbreviation Golkar,is a 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. Golkar was not officially a political party until 1999,when it was required to become a party in order to contest elections.
The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia,is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR),the national legislature of Indonesia. It is considered the lower house,while the Regional Representative Council (DPD) serve as the upper house;while the Indonesian constitution does not explicitly mention the divide,the DPR enjoys more power,privilege,and prestige compared to the DPD.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,commonly referred to by his initials SBY,is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party of Indonesia,he served as the 4th leader of the Democratic Party from 2014 until 2020,8th and 10th coordinating minister of politics and security affairs of Indonesia from 2000 until 2001,and again from 2001 until 2004. He also served as the president of the Assembly and chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute. He was also the former chairman of ASEAN due to Indonesia's hosting of the 18th and 19th ASEAN Summits.
The Democratic Party is a constitutional populist political party in Indonesia. It was founded on 9 September 2001. It states its ideology to be based on Pancasila.
The Post-Suharto era is the contemporary history in Indonesia,which began with the resignation of authoritarian president Suharto on 21 May 1998. Since his resignation,the country has been in a period of transition known as the Reform era. This period has been characterised by a more open political-social environment and grassroots economic improvement.
Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on 8 July 2009. The elections returned a president and vice president for the 2009–2014 term. Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,elected with a 20% margin in the 2004 election,sought a second term against former President Megawati Sukarnoputri in a rematch of the 2004 election,as well as incumbent Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Securing a majority of the votes in a landslide victory in the first round,Yudhoyono was re-elected without the need to proceed to a second round,scheduled to be held on 8 September if no candidate received a majority of the popular vote. Yudhoyono was officially declared the victor of the election on 23 July 2009,by the General Election Commission (KPU). At the time of his re-election victory,Yudhoyono,with nearly 74 million votes in his favour,held the record for the highest number of votes for a single person in any democratic election in history,surpassing Barack Obama's total of 69 million votes in the 2008 United States presidential election. His record was surpassed by his successor Joko Widodo who won 85 million votes in 2019.
Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 9 April 2009 for 132 seats of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) and 560 seats of the People's Representative Council (DPR). A total of 38 parties met the requirements to be allowed to participate in the national elections,with a further six contesting in Aceh only. The Democratic Party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the largest share of the vote,followed by the Golkar Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party –Struggle.
Rizal Mallarangeng is an Indonesian politician. He served as a senior advisor to Indonesia's Coordinating Economic Minister (2004-2005) and Coordinating Welfare Minister (2005-2008) Aburizal Bakrie. He also served as a member of Golkar Party's Leadership Committee under Aburizal Bakrie and Airlangga Hartarto.
General elections were held in Indonesia on 17 April 2019. For the first time in the country's history,the president,the vice president,members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR),and members of local legislative bodies were elected on the same day with over 190 million eligible voters. Sixteen parties participated in the elections nationally,including four new parties.
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.
Bambang Soesatyo,more colloquially referred to as Bamsoet,is an Indonesian politician and businessman,who is currently serving as the 15th Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly since 2019,and as a Member of the House of Representatives since 2009. A member of Golkar,he previously served as the 18th Speaker of the House of Representatives following the resignation of Setya Novanto.
Adang Daradjatun is an Indonesian politician and former police general who currently serves as a member of the People's Representative Council.
Effendi Muara Sakti Simbolon is an Indonesian politician of PDI-P who has been a member of the People's Representative Council (DPR) since 2004. Despite coming from the same political party,Simbolon was a noted critic of president Joko Widodo,especially in Widodo's first years as president.
Melani Leimena Suharli is an Indonesian politician from the Democratic Party who has been a member of the People's Representative Council since 2009. Between 2009 and 2014,she served as the deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly.
Azis Syamsuddin is an Indonesian politician who served as First Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 2019 to 2021.
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.
On Wednesday,20 October 2004,President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was inaugurated as the 6th president of Indonesia. Yudhoyono was the first democratically direct-elected president of Indonesia,after previous presidents was elected by the People's Consultative Assembly.
Abdul Wahab Dalimunthe was an Indonesian bureaucrat and politician. He served as the Vice Governor of North Sumatra from 1997 until 2003,Speaker of the North Sumatra Regional People's Representative Council from 2004 until 2008,and MP from 2009 to 2014 and from 2017 until his death.
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.
