Newly-appointed Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan Wednesday (15/06) pledged he would be focus on ensuring the availability of cooking oil at affordable price. “If (the problem) persists, it would bring difficulties for the people. We will make it a priority,” the Minister said after his inauguration by President Joko Widodo at the State Palace, Jakarta. […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Wednesday (06/15) officially inaugurated Zulkifli Hasan as Minister of Trade, replacing Muhammad Lutfi; and Hadi Tjahjanto as Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (BPN), replacing Sofyan Djalil. On that occasion, President Jokowi revealed that the appointment of both ministers is based on a number of […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Wednesday (06/15) inaugurated two ministers and three vice ministers at the State Palace in Jakarta. These ministers and vice ministers are to assist him in running his administration along with Vice President Ma’ruf Amin during the remainder of the 2019-2024 service period. The two newly-installed ministers are Zulkifli Hasan as Minister […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Wednesday (06/15) received General Chairperson of the coalition political parties at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta ahead of the inauguration of a number of ministers and deputy ministers. Attended on the meeting, among others, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, General Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 24 May 2022 issued Presidential Regulation Number 82 of 2022 on Protection for Vital Information Infrastructure. The management of the protection for vital information infrastructure (IIV) is an implementation of one of the Government’s roles to protect public interest from various inconveniences resulting from the misuse of electronic information and […]
In a bid to support the Government’s efforts to alleviate extreme poverty in the country by 2024, Presidential Instruction Number 4 of 2022 on Acceleration of Extreme Poverty Alleviation was issued on June 8, 2022. “The Presidential Instruction aims at accelerating (poverty alleviation) since we are committed to reduce extreme poverty rate to zero percent […]
Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing continues to carry out construction of the Way Apu Dam in Buru regency, Maluku province. The dam, which has a capacity of 50.05 million cubic meters, is targeted for completion in 2024. “The construction of the dam will be followed by the availability of the irrigation network. Thus, […]
Vice President Ma’ruf Amin Tuesday (06/14) has urged Indonesian sharia economic and financial actors to strengthen international cooperation so it can improve the country’s halal products competitiveness in the global market. “Be it in the development of the halal industry, halal tourism, or other halal businesses,” the Vice President said at the Opening of the […]
The Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) must be optimized to provide halal product certificates to ensure protection for people consuming halal products and to improve more added values in halal supply chain. The statement was made by Vice President Ma’ruf Amin on Tuesday (06/14) at the Inauguration of the 2022 International Halal Congress at the […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on June 8 issued five Presidential Regulations on the establishment of Islamic State Universities based on the transformation of Islamic State Institutes. The five Islamic State Institutes (IAIN) that are transformed into Islamic State Universities (UIN) include: IAIN Batusangkar transformed into UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar as mandated by Presidential Regulation Number […]
