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Development of disadvantaged regions programs was started under the Abdurrahman Wahid presidency. At that time, the post of Undersecretariat of Acceleration of Development in Eastern Indonesia Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia: Menteri Muda Urusan Percepatan Pembangunan Kawasan Timur Indonesia Republik Indonesia) created by him through Presidential Decision No. 234/M/2000 on ...
5 Marwan Jafar (b. 1971) PKB: Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration 27 October 2014 27 July 2016 Working: 6 Eko Putro Sandjojo (b. 1965) 27 July 2016 20 October 2019 7 Abdul Halim Iskandar (b. 1962) 23 October 2019 1 October 2024 Onward Indonesia - Muhadjir Effendy (ad-interim) (b. 1956) Independent: 1 ...
The Free Papua Movement or Free Papua Organization (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM) is a name given to a separatist movement that aims to separate West Papua from Indonesia and establish an independent state in the region.
On 26 September 1961, the Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns offered to hand over the territory to a United Nations trusteeship. This proposal was firmly rejected by his Indonesian counterpart Subandrio , who likened the dispute to Katanga's attempted secession from the Republic of Congo during the Congo Crisis .
The Nduga hostage crisis began on 7 February 2023 when Free Papua Movement (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM) insurgents attacked a plane and took its pilot and all five passengers hostage. [1] [2] While the passengers were soon released, New Zealander pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens remained in captivity until 21 September 2024. [3] [4]
COVID-19 Response Acceleration Task Force (Indonesian: Gugus Tugas Percepatan Penanganan COVID-19) was a task force that coordinates and oversees the Indonesian government's efforts to accelerate the mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
IPWP were launched at the Houses of Parliament, London, UK on 15 October 2008.Speakers at the launch included Melinda Janki (International Human Rights Lawyer), Hon. Andrew Smith MP (UK), Lord Harries (UK), Hon Lembit Öpik MP (UK), Lord Avebury (UK), Benny Wenda (West Papua), Hon. Powes Parkop MP (Papua New Guinea), Hon. Moana Carcasses Kalosil MP and Carmel Budiarjo ().
Until its division in 2022 into four provinces, Papua province was the province that had the largest area in Indonesia, with a total area of 312,816.35 km 2, or 19.33% of the total area of the Indonesian archipelago. The boundaries of Papua are: Pacific Ocean (north), Highland Papua (south), Central Papua (Southwest) and Papua New Guinea (east).