The United Development Party is an Islam-based political party in Indonesia.
Surya Dharma Paloh is an Indonesian politician and media mogul. He owns Media Group, a conglomerate company that includes the Media Indonesia daily newspaper and MetroTV, a 24-hour news television channel. In politics, he was the chairman of the advisory board of the Golkar Party, currently the second biggest political party in Indonesia. He is also the founder of National Democrat mass organization, which later gave birth to the NasDem Party on 26 July 2011.
Anies Rasyid Baswedan is an Indonesian academic, activist, and politician who served as the Governor of Jakarta from 2017 to 2022. A student activist and political analyst before entering public service, he served as the 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. He was a candidate for President of Indonesia in the 2024 election.
Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno is an Indonesian businessman, investor and politician who served as Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy from 2020 to 2024. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Governor of Jakarta, elected along with Anies Baswedan in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election after defeating incumbent pair Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat. He resigned the office to run as Prabowo Subianto's running mate for the 2019 Indonesian presidential election.
The capital of Indonesia, officially the capital of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, is Jakarta, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Southeast Asia. However, since the enactment of the Special Region of Jakarta Act, Jakarta has lost its de jure status as capital of Indonesia, and is currently in a transitional period due to the relocation of the capital to Nusantara.
National Hero of Indonesia is the highest-level title awarded in Indonesia. It is posthumously given by the Government of Indonesia for actions which are deemed to be heroic, defined as "actual deeds which can be remembered and exemplified for all time by other citizens" or "extraordinary service furthering the interests of the state and people". The Ministry of Social Affairs gives seven criteria which an individual must fulfill, as follows:
- Have been an Indonesian citizen who is deceased and, during his or her lifetime, led an armed struggle or produced a concept or product useful to the state;
- Have continued the struggle throughout his or her life and performed above and beyond the call of duty;
- Have had a wide-reaching impact through his or her actions;
- Have shown a high degree of nationalism;
- Have been of good moral standing and respectable character;
- Never surrendered to his or her enemies; and
- Never committed an act which taints his or her legacy.
Sidarto Danusubroto is an Indonesian politician and a retired police officer, who is serving as a member of Indonesia's Presidential Advisory Board. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, he previously served as speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, from 2013 until 2014, following the death of Taufiq Kiemas.
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.
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, commonly referred to as AHY, is an Indonesian politician and former army major who is currently serving as the leader of the Democratic Party. Serving in the Army from 2000 until 2016, he is the executive director of the Yudhoyono Institute and founder of the Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono Foundation. He is the son of former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, more commonly known as SBY.
Ma'ruf Amin is an Indonesian politician, Islamic cleric, and lecturer who served as the 13th vice president of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024. Aged nearly 77 years old when inaugurated, he is the oldest Indonesian vice president to ever be sworn in.
Rusdi Kirana is an Indonesian businessman. He is the founder of Indonesian budget no-frills airline Lion Air which introduced both domestic and international flights, using the slogan, "We make people fly". On January 19, 2015, he was chosen by President Joko Widodo to become a member of the Presidential Advisory Council. In the political field, since January 12, 2014, he served as Deputy Chairperson of the National Awakening Party.
Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita is an Indonesian politician. He is the current Minister of Industry in the Republic of Indonesia, appointed on 24 August 2019.
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.
Police-General (Ret.) Tan Sri Budi Gunawan PSM is an Indonesian police and intelligence figure who currently serves as the Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. Budi Gunawan also serves as Chairman of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) and Chairman of the Indonesian e-Sports Executive Board. Before leading the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, he was known as the Chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the era of President Joko Widodo. He is the second police element after Sutanto to lead BIN and the first police element to lead the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs.
Presidential Advisory Council is a non-structural government agency that serves as an advisory council for the President of Indonesia. The council was formed in 2007 during the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and is modelled after the former constitutional Supreme Advisory Council that was disbanded in 2003.
Bahlil Lahadalia is an Indonesian businessman and politician. He served as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources from August to October 2024. Prior to that, he served as Minister of Investment from April 2021 to August 2024, dual-hatted as head of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), which he had served since October 2019. He has served as Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources since 19 August 2024. He is also currently the Leader of the Golkar party since 21 August 2024, replacing Airlangga Hartanto.
Nusantara, officially Nusantara Capital City, is the future capital of Indonesia, located between Kutai Kartanegara Regency and Penajam North Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. Nusantara is planned to be a special capital region at the provincial level, replacing Jakarta.
The Onward Indonesia Coalition was an official political coalition in Indonesia that supported the presidential/vice presidential candidates Joko Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin in the 2019 presidential election. It was initially known as the Working Indonesia Coalition, founded in 2018. The coalition was later utilized as the government of President Joko Widodo from 2019 to 2024. It was dissolved on 20 October 2024.
2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
Muhamad Mardiono is an Indonesian businessman and politician of the United Development Party. He has served as the party's acting chairman since September 2022, and was previously a member of the Presidential Advisory Council between 2019 and November 2022.
