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2024 Aceh Gubernatorial Election
The 2024 Acehnese gubernatorial election was held on 27 November 2024 as part of 2024 Indonesian local elections, nationwide local elections to elect the List of governors of Aceh, governor of Aceh for a five-year term. The previous election was held in 2017. The election was won by former Vice Governor Muzakir Manaf of the Aceh Party with 53% of the vote. His sole opponent, of NasDem Party, NasDem, received 46%. Electoral system The election, like other local elections in 2024, follow the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system where the candidate with the most votes wins the election, even if they do not win a majority. It is possible for a candidate to run Uncontested election, uncontested, in which case the candidate is still required to win a majority of votes "against" an "None of the above, empty box" option. Should the candidate fail to do so, the election will be repeated on a later date. Candidates According to electoral regulations, in order to qualify ...
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Komisi Pemilihan Umum
The General Elections Commission (, abbreviated as KPU) is the body that organises elections in Indonesia. Its responsibilities include deciding which parties can contest elections, organising the voting and announcing the results and seats won in the various branches of the government. History Following the Fall of Suharto, fall of President Suharto and the end of Indonesia's authoritarian New Order (Indonesia), New Order, as a result of public pressure, B. J. Habibie, President Habibie brought forward the general elections planned for 2002 to 1999. On 1 February the People's Representative Council passed Law No. 3/1999 on the General Election, which mandated the establishment of a "free and independent General Elections Commission comprising members of political parties and the government" to oversee the elections. The commission was then established with 53 members and former home affairs minister Rudini as chair. As a result of further public pressure, the government appoin ...
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Corruption Eradication Commission
The Corruption Eradication Commission (), abbreviated as KPK, is an Indonesian government agency established to prevent and fight corruption in the country. History Background Anti-corruption efforts began in Indonesia in the 1950s. Following strong criticism of corruption at the beginning of the New Order regime in the late 1960s a ''Commission of Four'' was appointed by president Suharto in 1970. The report of the commission noted that corruption was "rampant" but none of the cases it said were in need of urgent action were followed up on. Laws were only passed in 1999 giving the Police and prosecution service the authority to investigate corruption cases. Establishment The KPK was created in 2003 during the Megawati presidency due to high corruption in the Post-Suharto era. Law No.30/2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission was passed in 2002, providing a legal basis for the establishment of the KPK. Since then, the commission has engaged in significant wo ...
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Governor Of Aceh
Below is a list of governors of Aceh, one of the provinces of Indonesia, from Indonesian independence to the present day. List of governors * = Acting governor, in place until a full governor was formerly appointed Note References {{reflist * Aceh Aceh ( , ; , Jawi script, Jawoë: ; Van Ophuijsen Spelling System, Old Spelling: ''Atjeh'') is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the northern end of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capit ... Politics of Aceh History of Aceh ...
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Gerindra
The Great Indonesia Movement Party (), better known as the Gerindra Party, is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014, it has been the third-largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having won 86 seats in the latest election. It currently controls the presidency. Gerindra is led by the former army general and the current president, Prabowo Subianto. Gerindra is one of a relatively new party (found in 2008) that controls the government and presidency after the Democratic Party. Founded in 2008, Gerindra serves as the political vehicle for Prabowo. The party first participated in the 2009 legislative election and secured 26 seats in the DPR. In the presidential election, Prabowo ran as the vice-presidential candidate for Megawati Soekarnoputri of PDI-P, but they were defeated by the incumbent president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). Gerindra then became the opposition to the SBY administration. In 2014, Gerindra placed third in ...
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Aceh Abode Party
The Aceh Abode Party (, PDA), formerly the Aceh Sovereignty Party () and Aceh Peace Party (), is a regional political party in Indonesia originally established to accommodate religious figures not associated with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). It contested the 2009 elections in the province of Aceh Aceh ( , ; , Jawi script, Jawoë: ; Van Ophuijsen Spelling System, Old Spelling: ''Atjeh'') is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the northern end of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capit ... under its original name. Its electoral target was 20% or 3 million votes, but it only won 39,706 votes (1.85% of the Aceh vote). Under the current party name, it took part in the 2014 elections, and garnered 72,721 votes, a 3% share of the Aceh vote. This was enough for it to be awarded one seat in the 81-member Aceh People's Representative Council. In 2016, it changed its name to Aceh Regional Party. The party's representation in the p ...
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Aceh Just And Prosperous Party
The Aceh Just and Prosperous Party (, Jawi script: ), often known by its abbreviation PAS Aceh, is an Islamist regional political party in Indonesia that was established in 2021. History PAS Aceh was founded based on one of the recommendations from the Aceh clerics' Ijma' in the Aceh Cleric Gathering (SUA) on 10 November 2021 in Banda Aceh. PAS held its great gathering on 22 February 2023, at which Abuya Mawardi Waly officially declared its establishment. Furthermore, several clerics such as , Tgk. H. Muhammad Yusuf A. Wahab (Tu Sop), Tgk M. Yusuf Nasir Jeunib), Abu Ishak Langkawe, Tgk. H. Muhammad Amin Daud Cot Trueng, Tgk. H. Abdullah Tanjong Bungong, Tgk. H. Abu Bakar Buni, Abati Dahlan Jungka Gajah, Abati Lhok Mon Puteh and Habib Dr. Zainal Abidin Bilfaqih, attended the gathering, . This '-based party is one of the political parties participating in the 2024 Indonesian general election General elections were held in Indonesia on 14 February 2024 to elect the Preside ...
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National Mandate Party
The National Mandate Party (), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is a non-sectarian, religion-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho (2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia''. Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan (Journal of Government & Politics). Vol. 8 No. 1, February 2017. pp. 52, 56, 62.Al-Hamdi, Ridho (2013). ''Partai politik Islam: Teori dan praktik di Indonesia'' (in Indonesian). Yogyakarta: Graha Ilmu. List of political parties in Indonesia, political party in Indonesia. It was founded by the Modernism (Islam in Indonesia), modernist strand of Muslim society in Indonesia, including Amien Rais, the chairman of the Muhammadiyah organization, during the Indonesian Revolution of 1998, Indonesian Revolution. The party contested the Indonesian legislative election, 2009, 2009 elections under the chairmanship of Sutrisno Bachir.Dhakidae pp. 228 It is described as a nationalist Muslim party. It also upholds the Pancasila (politics), Pancasila doctrine. In 2014, the ...
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Golkar
The Party of Functional Groups (), often known by its abbreviation Golkar, is a Centre politics, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right big tent secular nationalist political parties in Indonesia, political party in Indonesia. Founded in 1964 as the Joint Secretariat of Functional Groups (, Sekber Golkar), it is the oldest extant political party in Indonesia. It first participated in national elections in 1971 Indonesian legislative election, 1971 as Functional Groups. Since 2009 Indonesian legislative election, 2009, it has been the second-largest party in the House of Representatives (Indonesia), House of Representatives (DPR), having won 102 seats in the 2024 Indonesian general election, latest election. Golkar was the dominant-party system, ruling political group during the New Order (Indonesia), New Order government of Suharto from 1971 to 1999, when it was required to become a political party in order to contest elections. In the 1999 Indonesian legislative election, ...
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Regional Representative Council
The Regional Representative Council (, DPD; alternatively translatable as the House of Regions or the House of Regional Representatives or the Senate of Indonesia), is one of two parliamentary chambers in Indonesia. Together with the House of Representatives (DPR), it makes up the Indonesian national legislative body, the ''Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat'' (MPR). Under Indonesia's constitution, the authority of the DPD is limited to areas related to regional governments and can only propose and give advice on bills to the DPR. Unlike the DPR, the DPD has no direct law-making power. Its members are usually called senators instead of DPD members. History The idea of regional representation in parliament was initially accommodated in the original version of the 1945 Constitution, with the concept of ''Utusan Daerah'' (Regional Representatives) in the MPR, along with ''Utusan Golongan'' (Group Representatives) and members of the DPR. This is regulated in Article 2 of the consti ...
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Fadhil Rahmi
Fadhil is a given name. Notable people called Fadhil include: * Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali (1959-2015), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) governor for territories held by the organization in Iraq * Fadhil al-Jamali (1903–1997), Iraqi politician, Iraqi foreign minister, and prime minister of Iraq from 1953 to 1954 * Fadhil al-Milani (1944-2024), Iraqi-Iranian academic, author and community leader * Fadhil Assultani (born 1948), Iraqi poet and the literary editor of Asharq Al-Awsat * Fadhil al-Azzawi (born 1940), Iraqi poet and writer * Fadhil Chalabi (1929-2019), Iraqi economist, Acting Secretary General of OPEC from 1983 to 1988 * Abdullah Fadhil or William Richard Williamson (1872-1958), English adventurer who became an oil company representative in the Persian Gulf * Fadhil al-Manasif, photographer and member of the Saudi human rights organization Adala Center for Human Rights * Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil (born 1976), indicted in the US for his part in US embassy bombings i ...
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