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.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The presidential advisory board (Wantimpres), led by former Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto, paid a visit to Tempo headquart

Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has appointed five retired generals to be the ministry's special assistants, including the former commander of the infamous Tim Mawar (Rose

Jakarta – Without more fundamental changes to his development strategy, President Jokowi's replacement of a number of ministers will be for nothing.

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Retired army general Wiranto has been called back to the government by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday to serve a new role as the head of the nine-member

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Kharishar Kahfi and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has assigned 14 of his closest aides and members of his presidential expert staff to three working

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has defended his presidential expert staff member Gracia Billy Mambrasar for recent controversial remarks on Twitter, a

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Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is seeking to bolster his public support by handing a number of advisory and cabinet posts to media moguls or members

Jakarta – After President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo made headlines last week for appointing seven millennial-generation people to his team of aides, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has now grabb

Arlina Arshad – When Indonesian Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan asked President Joko Widodo recently about his retirement plans, he was surprised

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The special staffers of President Joko Widodo or Jokowi will be paid a total of Rp51 million monthly, as stated in Presidential Regulation No. 144/2015.

Nyoman Ary Wahyudi and Endri Kurniawati, Jakarta – ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute's political researcher, Made Tony Supriatma, predicts that President Jokowi special staffers were appoint

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed seven young people as members of his new presidential expert staff to give him innovative ideas in regard

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said her first month working in Indonesia's new cabinet has been "wonderful," signaling her confidence in its ability to d

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) deputy secretary-general Dita Indahsari considered President Joko Widodo or Jokowi's plan to add more seats for deput

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has given Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan additional responsibilities with a new presidential regulation

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Jakarta – Defense Minister and Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto has rebuffed statements from his own party aides, who previously said he would not take his salary and would not

Jakarta – Many of the ministers selected do not have the right competencies: key posts in the cabinet that should go have gone to technocrats were awarded to politicians or former memb

Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) honorary chairman Amien Rais claimed he did not mind about the joining of Gerindra Chief Patron Prabowo Subianto to Indone

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said he had no objections whatsoever to the surprise inclusion of Prabowo Subianto in the cabinet, despite their past rivalry.

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has apologized to several parties, whose aspirations were not accommodated during the selection for the Indonesia Onward Cabinet lineu

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo named Bintang Puspayoga as the women's empowerment and child protection minister, many assumed the surprising appointmen

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Two days after inaugurating the Indonesia Onward Cabinet, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has named the new deputy ministers to assist the work of his

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – When Agus Suparmanto, a ruling coalition lawmaker who owns a small construction company, appeared in a white button-up shirt at the presidential palace in Jaka

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has defended his decision to include members of the erstwhile opposition, the Gerindra Party

Jakarta – Projo, a volunteer group that had supported President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo since before his first-term presidency, has bid farewell to the Indonesian leader after he picked e

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Head of the NasDem Party central executive board (DPP), Irma Suryani Chaniago argues that the naming of ST Burhanuddin as the new Attorney General is no

Investor Daily, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Stocks of Indonesian state-owned enterprises closed in positive territory on Wednesday evening, hours after young tycoon Erick Thohir was ina

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesians stormed social media to express anger and regret as soon as they found out Susi Pudjiastuti, known as "the minister who blows up boats," was not

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Coordinating ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet have been given the power to veto regulations issued by ministries or institutions under their

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has cut the number of women in his cabinet, appointed a bitter political rival and appointed several new ministers that signal

Jamie Fullerton – The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, has appointed as his defence minister his former bitter election rival Prabowo Subianto – an ex-army general accused of human r

Erwin Renaldi and Wires – Indonesians have expressed disappointment after Indonesian President Joko Widodo has selected Opposition Leader Prabowo Subianto to serve in his new Cabinet a

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin have announced Indonesia's cabinet ministers for the 2019-2024 administration.

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo took what appeared to be his biggest political gamble on Wednesday by including controversial former general Prabowo Subianto in the cabinet,

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Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo brought key opposition leaders into his new look cabinet on Wednesday, as he seeks political stability to push through

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially tapped his erstwhile opponent and Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto to take the helm of the Defen