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.
Southeast Sulawesi,is a province on the island of Sulawesi,forming the southeastern peninsula of that island,together with a number of substantial offshore islands such as Buton,Muna,Kabaena and Wawonii,together with many smaller islands. It is bordered by South Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi to the north,sharing a maritime border with Maluku and North Maluku to the east and East Nusa Tenggara to the south,as well a very narrow maritime border with East Timor to the south. The capital is the city of Kendari,on the east coast of the peninsula.
The Jakarta Special Region is administratively equal to a province with special status as the largest city of Indonesia. Instead of a mayor,the executive head of Jakarta is a governor. The Governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who,along with the vice governor and 106 members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD),is accountable for the strategic government of the city of Jakarta.
Ratu Atut Chosiyah is a former governor of the province of Banten,Indonesia. She was suspended from office in 2014 because of a corruption case. She held office for several terms. Before her election as governor in 2006,she was the deputy governor under Djoko Munandar starting from 11 January 2002. Djoko was involved in a corruption case and was suspended from office in October 2005. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed Ratu Atut as the acting governor to take over Djoko's administrative duties and she later became governor. She thus became the first female governor in Indonesia. In May 2014,she was formally charged by the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission for alleged corruption. In early September 2014,she was sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment on the charges brought by the Commission against her. In September 2022,Ratu Atut was released on parole.
Konawe Regency is one of the regencies in the province of Southeast Sulawesi,Indonesia. The capital of the regency is Unaaha. The regency was once known as the district of Kendari. The regency had a population of 241,428 at the 2010 Census,but was subsequently reduced by the separation of the offshore island districts as the new Konawe Islands Regency in 2013. It now covers 6,087.68 km2 and had a population of 257,011 at the 2020 Census;the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 262,439. Prior to its division in 2003,2007 and 2013,Konawe was known as the rice granary of the province of Southeast Sulawesi because half of the province's rice production comes from the Konawe regencies.
Nur Alam is a former Governor of South East Sulawesi. He was inaugurated for his first five-year term in 2008,and for his second in 2013.
Khofifah Indar Parawansa is an Indonesian politician who served as the 14th Governor of East Java from 2019 to 2024,and the 27th Minister of Social Affairs from 2014 to 2018.
Syahrul Yasin Limpo is an Indonesian politician,who served as Minister of Agriculture in Joko Widodo's Onward Cabinet from October 2019 until the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced his involvement in alleged corruption in September 2023. He was governor of South Sulawesi from 2008 to 2018.
Sinyo Harry Sarundajang was an Indonesian politician. He served as governor of North Sulawesi for all but one month from 2005 to 2015. He was also a former Governor of North Maluku in 2002 and Maluku in 2002–2003. In February 2018,he was appointed by the President Joko Widodo as the ambassador to the Philippines,with concurrent accreditation to the Marshall Islands and Palau.
Olly Dondokambey is an Indonesian politician and the governor of North Sulawesi province. Dondokambey held the office since 12 February 2016. Before elected governor,he was a representative from North Sulawesi to People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia for two periods serving from 2004 till 2014.
Teguh Setyabudi is an Indonesian civil servant who was acting Governor of Jakarta in 2024.
Ali Mazi is an Indonesian lawyer and politician who served as the governor of Southeast Sulawesi between 2003–2008 and 2018–2023.
The Onward Indonesia Cabinet was sworn in on 23 October 2019 by President Joko Widodo. The president reshuffled this cabinet 13 times. The last reshuffle occurred on 11 September 2024.
Eddy Sabara was an Indonesian civil servant and military officer. He was the Governor of Southeast Sulawesi for twelve years between 1966 and 1978,and held acting governor positions in four other provinces due to his position in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Soedarmo is an Indonesian military officer and bureaucrat who was the Director General of Politics and General Government from 2015 to 2019. Due to his office in the Ministry of Home Affairs,he held acting governorships in Aceh and Papua.
Achmad Tanribali Salim Lamo is an Indonesian military officer and bureaucrat who became the Director General of National Unity and Politics in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Tanribali also held several acting governorships during his tenure in the ministry.
Al-Alam Mosque is a mosque in the city of Kendari,Southeast Sulawesi,Indonesia. The mosque is a destination for religious tourism. The notable features of the mosque include its location in the middle of Kendari bay,and its unique minarets that are shaped like the Burj Al Arab in Dubai.
Bandjela Paliudju is an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the governor of Central Sulawesi from 1996 until 2001 and 2006 until 2011.
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.
The 2024 Southeast Sulawesi gubernatorial election will be held on 27 November 2024 as part of nationwide local elections to elect the governor of Southeast Sulawesi for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2018.
