Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro highlighted some achievements on the implementation of the 2014-2019 National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN), mainly in economic growth and inflation control. The average economic growth rate over the past 5 years, according to Bambang, reached around 5%, lower than […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded Government Officials that the focus of the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020-2024 will be on human capital development. “The Government should continue the education reform that has been developed in the past five years to improve the quality of education,” President Jokowi said at a Plenary Cabinet Meeting on […]

The National Civil Service Agency (BKN) has announced that this year the Government is going to recruit 197,111 new civil servants, consisting of 37,854 positions for ministries/ central government institutions and, 159,257 positions for regional governments. “However, the figures are subject to change,” Head of Public Relations Division of the BKN Muhammad Ridwan stated in […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during a Plenary Cabinet Meeting on Thursday (3/10) praised his Cabinet Ministers for their hard work in the last five years. “I would like to extend my gratitude to the Ministers of the Working Cabinet for the hard work in running the Government’s programs,” President Jokowi said.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 19 September, 2019 signed Government Regulation (PP) Number 66 of 2019 on State Capital Injection of the Republic of Indonesia to the PT Tuban Petrochemical Industries. The capital injection aims to support the development of national petrochemical industry and to improve the capital structure of PT Tuban Petrochemical Industries.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo admitted that he had received many proposals, especially from his volunteers, regarding his second-term presidential inauguration, which is to move it forward from 20 October to 19 October. “I got many proposals from the volunteers to push forward  (the inauguration) to 19 October. But this is the authority of the People’s […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has denied rumor saying that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo seeks to move his presidential inauguration forward a day earlier. “The President understands state administration,” the Cabinet Secretary said to reporters at Building III of the Ministry of State Secretariat, Jakarta, Wednesday (2/10).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed all Cabinet Ministers not to make strategic decision at the end of the 2014-2019 term. “Everything must be reported to the President in Limited Cabinet Meeting or Plenary Cabinet Meeting. During these remaining 18 days, (the cabinet ministers) are expected to complete policy implementation,” Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung told […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has appointed Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution as ad interim Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture. Darmin replaced Puan Maharani, who has officially resigned from her post after she is elected as a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) for the 2019-2024 period.

Indonesian people must show their commitment to the country’s batik preservation, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has said. The commitment is needed to sustain UNESCO’s recognition for Indonesian batik as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.