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

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

Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Newly appointed Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin denied links with any political parties on Wednesday, despite his older brother, Tu

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – After keeping the public guessing with two days of visits from ministerial candidates at the State Palace, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Three days after he took his oath to serve for his second and final term, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Wednesday the 38 members of his

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The appointment of Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim as the new education and culture minister has been met with mixed public opinion, with a number of people us

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

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

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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,

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

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

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

Heru Andriyanto, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided to make changes in his cabinet portfolios that will affect at least four ministries, Hou

Diana Mariska, Nur Yasmin, Farouk Arnaz, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo stopped short of announcing his new cabinet on Monday but the list of people

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Gerindra Party chairman and losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has stated he is ready to join the Cabinet in the second term of President

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has confirmed that the Gerindra Party will be represented in the upcoming Cabinet, the Jokowi Mania volunteer group has claimed.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Leaders from ASEAN countries, Australia and Swaziland made courtesy calls on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Sunday at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta to

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura – Laurenzus Kadepa, Papua parliament member from Politics, Legal and Human Rights Division, said Papuan peoples do not need an offer in the presidential cabine

Emma Connors – There was pomp and ceremony aplenty but compared to the last presidential inauguration, Sunday's crowning of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his new Vice President Ma'ruf Amin

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Thresa Sandra Desfika, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has set lofty goals for his second-term presidency, promising to simplify bureaucr

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Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Today, exactly five years ago, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was inaugurated as the president of the Republic of Indonesia for 2014-2019.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Two days before the inauguration ceremony of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's second and final term, a get-together was held between

Telly Nathalia & Beritasatu TV, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo confirmed in a Twitter posting on Thursday that he had completed the selection of a new Cabinet for the sec

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, who was re-elected in April with a majority vote, has received the backing of defeated rival Prabowo Subianto, who on Monday (Oc

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Gerindra deputy chairman Arief Poyuono has declared that his party's possibility to join Joko Widodo or Jokowi's coalition reaches 98 percent.

Jakarta – The beleaguered Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has not been asked to take part in the selection of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Cabinet, in what appears to be ye

Dyaning Pangestika & Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo continued his agenda of meeting with erstwhile opposition party leaders on Monday as he welcom

Jakarta – Political jockeying over seats in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's next Cabinet seemed to have reached new heights on Friday, with Jokowi welcoming Gerindra Party chairman Pr

Beritasatu & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with political rival Prabowo Subianto at the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Friday afternoon to

Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has said his office will be dissolved once the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Jusuf Kalla administration is over on Oct.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has hinted that the Democratic Party may join his Cabinet following a meeting with Democratic Party chairman and former president Susilo Bamban

Dewi Nurita L Halida Bunga, Jakarta – Rumors have started to spread nearing the inauguration of President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, suggesting that his long-running political rival, Prab

Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The unanimous election of Golkar politician Bambang Soesatyo as speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, or MPR, on Thur

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – Commissioner of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Choirul Anam, requested President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to appoint a replacement for Wirant

Caesar Akbar and L Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said his office will establish a design contest of Presidential Palace in Papua.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Former minister of research and technology, Muhammad A.S.

Dewi Nurita, Tempo Magazine, Jakarta – President-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced the formation of three new State Ministries in his upcoming second-term Cabinet which will consist

Kharishar Kahfi and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – In his annual state of the nation address, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo highlighted his vision to develop the nation's human capital, a v

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo appealed on Friday (Aug 16) to all the branches of government – executive, legislative and judicial – in Indonesia to work togeth

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Reports arose of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inviting Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) politician and 1998 activist Adian Napitupulu to the Stat

Jakarta (Beritasatu) – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo confirmed on Wednesday that he had finalized his cabinet selection and that he would announce the ministers' names soon after the

Jakarta – The big family of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Cabinet gathered at Bogor Palace, West Java, on Sunday to enjoy a range of fun activities including kerupuk (cracker) eatin

Jakarta – Most institutional investors in the financial market want President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to appoint professionals to the economic team in his next Cabinet to ensure that the

Stephen Wright and Karin Laub, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in an interview Friday that he will push ahead with sweeping and potentially unpopular economi

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Sri Mulyani Indrawati is widely expected to continue in her role as finance minister in the second-term administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Wid