Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
His career in politics began as the Regional Coordinator (Korwil) Democratic Party (Indonesia) for the DKI Jakarta and East Java. In 2009, Edhie was involved in Indonesian politics by nominating himself as a member of the People's Consultative Assembly from the electoral district of East Java VII, representing five regions: Pacitan, Ponorogo, Trenggalek, Magetan, and Ngawi.
The People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, MPR-RI) is the legislative branch in Indonesia's political system. It is composed of the members of a lower body, House of Representatives (DPR) and an upper body, Regional Representative Council (DPD).
As between 1960 and 1971 no election for the MPR members happened, the assembly were formed in a provisional measure, known as the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (Indonesian: Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Sementara Indonesia), which issued TAP MPRs, though there were no difference between the resolutions issued by either by MPRS or MPR.
The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia 'People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia', abbr. DPR-RI or simply DPR) is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the national legislature of Indonesia.
The Parliamentary Complex of Indonesia (Indonesian: Kompleks Parlemen Republik Indonesia), [1] [2] also known as the MPR/DPR/DPD Building, is the seat of government for the Indonesian legislative branch of government, which consists of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Regional Representative Council (DPD).
Amien Rais and other reformists established the National Mandate Party (Partai Amanat Nasional/PAN) on 6 August 1998. [10] Amien Rais was elected its first chairman with Faisal Basri as secretary general. Therefore, his position in Muhammadiyah was replaced by vice chairman Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif. PAN gained 6 percent of the vote in the 1999 ...
Zulkifli Hasan was born to Hasan and Siti Zaenab, who were farmers in Pisang village in Penengahan, South Lampung.In later life, he would claim to have experienced economic hardship as a child, saying he learned to work hard by selling eggs produced on the farm.
In 1973, the MPR comprising the membership of the new DPR together with the appointed regional, functional and social representatives, re-elected Suharto to the presidency. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] A year before the election, President Suharto had said that he wanted the political parties to join in two groups, one religious and one nationalist.