In his first speech after being sworn in as President, Prabowo Subianto thanked his predecessor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the country’s other past presidents, including Megawati Soekarnoputri, for their roles in building the nation.

In his first political address after being sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president on Sunday, President Prabowo Subianto called on both private citizens and political leaders to have the courage to confront all the country’s challenges, whether from within or without.

President Prabowo Subianto plans to announce his cabinet lineup on Sunday evening, only hours after he is inaugurated as the new president, says a senior politician of his Gerindra Party.

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are officially the president and vice president of Indonesia for the 2024-2029 term after being sworn in by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Sunday.

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri sent party executive and her daughter Puan Maharani as her representative at the inauguration of president-elect Prabowo Subianto on Sunday morning, as Megawati could not attend due to a cold.

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng and United States Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield are among the dozens of foreign representatives slated to attend the inauguration of president-elect Prabowo Subianto and vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka in Jakarta on Oct. 20.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is leaving office on Oct. 20 after a decade of presidency filled with populist tactics and policies, ranging from handing out souvenirs during 'blusukan' to massive infrastructure development.

Prabowo met with leaders of the Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) at the Defense Ministry's offices on Thursday, a gathering that also served as a celebration of his birthday.

Prabowo will be sworn in as president on Sunday with Vice President-elect, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the son of outgoing president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, also taking office.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo toured North Sumatra on Wednesday, just days before leaving office, to inspect infrastructure projects in the province where his son-in-law Bobby Nasution is in a heated two-way race for governor.

In the past few days, president-elect Prabowo Subianto has been summoning more than 100 figures touted to become ministers, deputy ministers and heads of state institutions under his administration ahead of his inauguration as the country's next president on Oct. 20.

Vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka attended closed-door sessions for future ministers at president-elect Prabowo Subianto’s residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java.

Cybersecurity watchdogs have slammed the government for moving at a snail’s pace in devising implementing regulations for the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Law, particularly since the two-year deadline has already passed and millions of items of data have been stolen and sold on the dark web in a string of hacking incidents lately.

State-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) aims to master technologies from French and South Korean aircraft makers to reach its ambition in producing an indigenous jet fighter. 

The outgoing President is firmly set on returning to his hometown of Surakarta on Oct. 20 following the events marking the official transition of power to his successor Prabowo, and has even processed the necessary paperwork to update his domicile.

Prabowo is to be escorted to the State Palace by droves of supporters, while his predecessor, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will be sent off to Halim Perdanakusuma airport where he will fly to Surakarta, Central Java to retire.

If Prabowo, who will take over the presidency on Sunday, can reach a deal with the PDI-P there would be no opposition parties in parliament, an unprecedented situation since Indonesia began holding direct presidential elections in 2004.

According to the communications minister, the President is planning to fly either Garuda or Citilink to return home to Surakarta after he steps down on Sunday.

The presidential palace previously said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had signed and sent to House of Representatives a presidential letter with the names of the candidates for Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leadership as well as supervisory council members.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s efforts to bring the country’s biggest party into his government ahead of his inauguration on Sunday appear increasingly fraught, with outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo casting a long shadow over the selection process in the last days of his presidency.

Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) politicians Raja Juli Antoni, Isyana Bagus Oka and Giring Ganesha were among the figures summoned by president-elect Prabowo Subianto ahead of the unveiling of his incoming cabinet.

The House of Representatives confirmed retired Army general M. Herindra, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s sole nominee for National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief, in a hearing held behind closed doors on Wednesday, only days before Jokowi leaves office.

The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) will host two rehearsals this week for the inauguration of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto as Indonesia’s eighth president, slated to be held on Oct. 20.

The orientation program kicked off on Wednesday after Prabowo interviewed more than 100 figures, ranging from social media influencers to incumbent cabinet ministers, as part of the vetting process in the formation of the new cabinet.

Non-active Supreme Court justice Gazalba Saleh was sentenced to ten years in prison after the same bench acquitted him of all charges in May, which was later annulled by the Jakarta High Court.

Outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has made a mark on the incoming cabinet lineup of his successor Prabowo Subianto, as a number of his current ministers made it onto the president-elect’s potential cabinet roster.

When Joko “Jokowi” Widodo entered politics in 2004, he was hailed as a beacon of hope and a democratic reformer, an outsider promising to fix a political system dominated by family dynasties and military elites.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto invited scores of politicians, many of whom helped him win the election, and figures from the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to his house in Jakarta on Monday afternoon for what his close aide says was a finalization of the cabinet lineup.

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, then 27, had spent much of his life outside the limelight and "didn't agree with his father's decision to enter politics," said Andi Widjajanto, a former top adviser to Jokowi. Gibran only showed up after his paternal grandmother twisted his arm. 

The party’s deputy chairman, Saan Mustafa, said on Monday that it had made no attempt to have its members appointed to positions in Prabowo's incoming administration and that it would not participate in the president-elect's efforts to form a cabinet.