M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi disclosed his reasons for conducting his signature impromptu visit, known as blusukan, to traditional markets and have dia

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday hailed his country's growing stature on the global stage and reiterated calls for the Southeast Asian nation to be a "bridge of peace

News Desk, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has continued his tradition of wearing customary regional attire while delivering his annual State Address, this time donning Bangka

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday boasted about Indonesia being at the pinnacle of global leadership as the inter

Yanuar Nugroho – President Jokowi's recent Cabinet picks may not necessarily be the best persons to do their jobs.

Rangga PAJ, Fardah, Jakarta – Head of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Moeldoko called to ensure that every order, wish, and statement of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is run on the

Burhanuddin Muhtadi – The recent Indonesian Cabinet reshuffle has seen President Jokowi prioritise political consolidation of power ahead of the 2024 presidential elections.

Jakarta – The media, social media and the public at large have made a big fuss over the Cabinet reshuffle, especially after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo summoned numerous political bi

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, appointing a new trade minister following controversy over a series of policy flip-flops on palm oil

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) Chairman Zulkifli Hasan was appointed as the new trade minister in a surprise cabinet shakeup on Wednesday that also saw the

Dewi Nurita, Riani Sanusi, Jakarta – The decision that was taken by President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, in appointing the Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut P

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Presidential Staff Office Deputy V Jaleswari Pramodawardhani in a text message to Tempo on Tuesday said that the office reminds active State Mi

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Four members of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's cabinet will likely run in the 2024 election as either presidential candidates or running mates and it's safe

Fitrya Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – A number of Onward Indonesia Cabinet ministers own fantastic amounts of wealth.

Johannes Nugroho – On 13 August, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, granted an audience to Bambang Soesatyo, Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR),

Anyone would agree that a new paint job for the presidential plane should not be priority spending during the pandemic, yet the State Palace says it has good reason for transforming the

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday (Apr 28) announced a new Investment Ministry and the merger of two other ministries, in an effort to enhance the ease of doing business in

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday (Apr 28), after the parliament approved his plan to reorganise several agencies while creat

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is expected to reshuffle his cabinet again this week after the House of Representatives greenlighted the president's plan to reorganize the mini

A motorcyclist in Jakarta felt the swift boot of justice, and thankfully nothing more severe than that, from a member of the president's security detail (Paspampres) when he and his rev

Made Supriatma, Singapore – Indonesian President Joko Widodo reshuffled his 14-month-old Cabinet last week.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's Twitter has gone abuzz on Wednesday as the chaotic 2019 presidential election ends with the two rivaling pairs now in the same government after

Arys Aditya and Claire Jiao – Indonesian President Joko Widodo replaced the country's health chief as part of a cabinet revamp to bolster government efforts against Southeast Asia's wor

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has announced new members of his Cabinet on Tuesday (Dec 22), ending months of speculation.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed former presidential election rival and businessman Sandiaga Uno as the new Tourism and Creative Economy Minist

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reshuffled on Wednesday the Indonesia Onward Cabinet, following up on his intent in late June to replace any ministers w

Jakarta – A cabinet shake-up triggered by the arrest of two ministers for graft allegation brought six new faces to the President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration on Tuesday.

James Massola – The arrival of 1.2 million Sinovac vaccines in Jakarta is, for President Joko Widodo, desperately welcome news given his country has been hit harder by COVID-19 than any

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Senior economist from the University of Indonesia, Faisal Basri, criticized the way President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo handled the coronavirus pandemic.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Ever since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo named his expert staff team last year, the wait has been on for the millennial members of the team come up with what J

Jakarta – As criticism mounts against the first year of President "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin's administration, Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has come to the a

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has conveyed his disappointment over the bad press surrounding the Job Creation Law, blaming his Cabinet members for poor public relations regar

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Health protocols have been more strictly enforced on the grounds of the Presidential Palace, including for state guests and embedded journalists, foll

James Massola – One of Australia's most important strategic allies, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, is "interested in attracting investment from whomever has the most cash and the fe

Jakarta – The State Palace vowed compliance with health protocol on Tuesday after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and several ministers faced criticism on social media for not wearing m

Daniel Peterson – The hashtag #MarufAminNgapain (What is Ma'ruf Amin doing?) first appeared on Twitter four months ago, on 11 March.

Jakarta – When complaining in front of his cabinet, the President simply showed his weak leadership. It is time to replace incompetent ministers.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again called on his Cabinet to accelerate and streamline bureaucratic procedures in mitigating the overarching imp

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – State Secretary Pratikno has downplayed the possibility of a Cabinet reshuffle, saying that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's recent fiery rebuke of his ministe

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Elements both within and outside President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's government coalition are in defensive mode following his recent threat to reshuffle the Cabin

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Lawmakers in the House of Representatives Commission IX, which oversees health care, have defended Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto over President Joko "J

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's fiery speech in a recent meeting with members of his Cabinet, which was circulated on Sunday, appears to be a sign of

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has been in the spotlight recently after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo criticized the

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has threatened to reshuffle the Cabinet as he expressed frustration over the "lack of a sense of crisis" in dealing w

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is scheduled to restart his working visits to regions across the country on Thursday as the government transitions into the so-called "new norm

Galih Gumelar, Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tapped Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma'ruf Amin as his running mate in the 2019 presidential election, the motiv

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Jakarta – There is increasing evidence to support the suspicions voiced by a number of people that the selection of ministers in the current cabinet was not based on competence and cau

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo led his first cabinet meeting through video conferencing on Monday, two days after T

Jakarta – If it appears as if Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has not made much of a splash in his first 100 days in office, it is by design, the senior Muslim cleric said.