President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo gave special tasks to newly appointed Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Wiranto, who replaced Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, and newly appointed Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati who replaced Bambang Brodjonegoro, during a Plenary Cabinet Meeting on Wednesday (27/7), at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. “I asked Wiranto to give […]

President Joko “Jokowi”Widodo wanted all ministers dan heads of institution to work faster, more effectively in a solid and cohesive team supporting each other. “No more blaming each other. If there is a mistake, it will be our mistake because we are in the same work team” Jokowi mentioned this in the first Plenary Cabinet […]

Managing Director of World Bank Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who is appointed by President Joko Widodo to reassume her position as Minister of Finance on cabinet reshuffle, felt so honored. “I am honored because the President asked me to come back, to be able to work together with other Ministers in the Cabinet and carry out […]

A number of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of major Japanese companies members of the Japan Indonesia Association (Japinda), led by former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, paid a courtesy call on President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday (27/7), at the Merdeka Palace. “The courtesy call indicates strong trust from the Japanese counterpart; Fukuda and his […]

President Joko Widodo firmly said that he always tries so hard to make Working Cabinet works faster and more effective as well as to make the Cabinet works in a solid and supportive team so that it produces real results rapidly.

At Merdeka Palace’s yard, Jakarta, on Wednesday (27/7) morning, President Joko Widodo, accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, officially announced cabinet reshuffle. There are 4 (four) transferred ministers and 9 (nine) new ministers in the cabinet for 2014-2019 period. They are, as follows:

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said we could not deny that sometimes we still heard news about the conflict between Indonesian National Defence Force (TNI) and National Police (Polri). “In the future, there should be no more conflict between TNI and Polri,” President stated firmly. “We should stop and end it. TNI and Polri are the […]

President Joko Widodo inaugurated 720 young officers at the 2016 Prasetya Perwira TNI and Polri Ceremony (Praspa) at Sapta Marga Building, Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) Military Academy, Magelang, Central Java, on Tuesday (26/7) morning. As the Inspector of the Ceremony, on that occasion, President Joko Widodo took oath of 221 graduates from Military Academy […]

President Joko Widodo said that along with competition between countries and regions, threat to the country’s defence as well as national security disorder will be more severe and complex and the techology used for this purpose is more modern. Therefore, the President reminded the soldiers of Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) and the officers of […]

Based on Presidential Regulation Number 57 of 2016 on the Establishment of Indonesia International Islamic University, (UIII), the Government will build the university in Cimanggis, Depok, West Java, in a 142 hectares area. The university is expected to operate in 2018. “The land, which belongs to Radio Republik Indonesia, is ideal and strategic since it […]