The Democratic Party is a centrist,nationalist-religious political party in Indonesia. It was founded on 9 September 2001 as the political vehicle of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). The party gained its initial parliamentary representation following the 2004 legislative election. It then became one of the major parties in Yudhoyono's governing coalition. The party assumed power by winning the majority of votes in the 2009 legislative election. Since 2014,the party has served as the opposition to the Joko Widodo administration.
Endriartono Sutarto is a retired army general. He was the commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces between 2002 and 2006.
The NasDem Party is a political party in Indonesia. It is partly funded by media baron Surya Paloh who founded the similarly named organization,National Democrats. Despite this,and logo similarity,Nasional Demokrat has insisted that it is not linked with the party.
Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly is the current Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia. He was a member of the North Sumatra regional legislature from 1999 to 2003,and of the People's Consultative Assembly from 2004 to 2014. He is the first ethnic Nias to hold a cabinet position. He is one of the leaders in the central executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
Setya Novanto is a former Indonesian politician,presently serving a 15 year jail sentence for corruption. He was chairman of Golkar Party and speaker of the People's Representative Council until his arrest in 2017 for corruption. Born in Bandung,he entered politics in 1998 after a business career and became a member of the People's Representative Council following the 1999 general election. After he was re-elected for a third time in the 2014 general election,won by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle,he was appointed DPR (Parliament) Speaker by the majority opposition coalition.
Lukas Enembe was an Indonesian politician who served as the 13th Governor of Papua Province from April 2013 to January 2023. He had previously served as Regent of Puncak Jaya Regency between 2007 and 2012,and Vice Regent of the same regency from 2001 until 2006.
Andi Amran Sulaiman is an Indonesian businessman and Minister of Agriculture,who has served under Joko Widodo's government from 27 October 2014 to 23 October 2019 and again since 25 October 2023. Prior to becoming minister,he was the leader of Tiran Group,a Makassar-based conglomerate operating mostly in Eastern Indonesia making him the wealthiest minister appointed to the new cabinet.
The 2018 South Sulawesi Gubernatorial Election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of South Sulawesi along with their deputy,whilst members of the provincial council will be re-elected in 2019.
Abdullah Azwar Anas is an Indonesian politician who is serving as Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform since September 2022. Before becoming a minister,he was the regent of Banyuwangi,East Java,between 2010 and 2015 and 2016 to 2021. Prior to becoming a regent,he had served as both an elected member of the People's Representative Council and an appointment to the People's Consultative Assembly,for one term each.
Eni Maulani Saragih is an Indonesian politician who was a member of the People's Representative Council. She was first elected in the 2014 legislative election as a member of Golkar.
Neneng Hassanah Yasin is an Indonesian politician who was the regent of Bekasi Regency,holding that position between 2012 and 2018.
Ilham Arief Sirajuddin is an Indonesian former politician who was the mayor of Makassar between 2004 and 2014. He was convicted of corruption in 2016.
A series of mass protests led by students took place at major cities in Indonesia from 23 September 2019,to rally against new legislation that reduces the authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK),as well as several bills including a new criminal code that penalises extramarital sex and defamation against the president. The protesters consisted of mostly students from over 300 universities,with no association with any particular political parties or groups. The protests were the most prominent student movement in Indonesia since the 1998 riots that brought down the Suharto regime.
The Onward Indonesia Cabinet is the current Cabinet of Indonesia. It was announced by President 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.
Johnny Gerard Plate is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as Minister of Communication and Information Technology in Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet from 2019 to 2023. Previously,he served in the People's Representative Council for five years,and had been reelected for a second term in the 2019 election. He is a graduate of Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia.
Indira Chunda Thita Syahrul is an Indonesian politician and the daughter of Syahrul Yasin Limpo. She served as member of the People's Representative Council from 2009 until 2018 representing South Sulawesi I electoral district and served in the Commission IV. She studied management at the Hasanuddin University in Makassar from 1997 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2007.
2023 (MMXXIII) is the current year,and is 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.
Amin Syam was an Indonesian military officer and politician. A member of Golkar,he served as governor of South Sulawesi from 2003 to 2008.
Riezky Aprilia,nicknamed Kiki,is an Indonesian politician who became a member of the 2019–2024 House of Representatives (DPR) of Republic of Indonesia (RI).
