Indonesia

Facts about Indonesia

• Indonesia has the smallest fish in the world

named the Paedocypris progenetica, with a

length of 7.9 mm and found in a Sumatra muddy

swamp.

• Indonesia has the only living ancient dragon, Komodo, which can be located in NTT.

• 20% of liquid natural gas in the world is produced inIndonesia and [Indonesia] is the largest supplier

worldwide.Indonesia is a major producer of cloves and nutmegand ranked first in the world in terms of production.Indonesia is the largest exporter of plywood, whichmakes up 80% of the supply to the world

IndonesiaJakarta- Capital and largest cityIndonesian- Official Language

ReligionIslam

ProtestanismCatholiscismHinduism

Buddhism and Confucianism

Joko Widodo

Government

Unitary Presidential / Constitutional Republic

Unitary Presidential- President possesses the power to control the entire executive branch

Constitutional Republic- executive, legislative and judicial can be separated into distinct branches

Indonesia’s Political System

The 1945 Constitution:

• The Constitution in Indonesia is the "1945 Constitution". It regulates the position and

responsibilities of state officials, their authorities, tasks and relations between state

institutions(legislative, executive and judicial).

The People's Consultative Assembly:

The key function of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), being the highest state

institution, is to promulgate the constitution, to appoint or dismiss the president and vice

president, and to decide the guidelines of state policy (GBHN).

The House of Representatives:The House of Representatives is

the institution, which oversees the direction of the government,

and, along with the government, drafts regulations and laws.

The President/Vice President:

The President of the Republic of Indonesia executes governmental administration.

According to

the 1945 Constitution, a Vice-President assiststhe President. In the Indonesian political system,

the President is the Head of State at the sametime as being the Head of Government.

Supreme Court:

It was not until 1968 that the restructuring of the Supreme Court was

completed to meet the conditions set out in the 1945 Constitution, i.e. to be free from

government intervention in the exercise of justice.

Other High Level Institutions:

Other high level institutions include the State Audit Board (BPK) and the Supreme Advisory Council (DPA).

Regional Government:

There are 30 provinces and 354 regencies in Indonesia. A governor heads a province, while the regency or municipal level of government is headed by a regent or mayor.

Economy of Indonesia

• The Indonesian financial markets have shown a remarkable recovery from the Asian Crisis in the late 1990s.

• Currently, Indonesia is well on track to receive investment grade status by international credit rating agencies.