1. Indonesia

3. Dutch Colonialism

4. President Sukarno 1945-1967 Balancing between the Military (right) and the Communists (PKI)

5. Diversity

6. October 1965 Coup

7. President Suharto, 1967-1998 Time cover 1966 The New Order Dwifungsi (Dual Function)

8. US Anti-Communist Ally (and eventually important trading partner)

9. Economics Oil 1986 begins economic reforms (East Asian Model) A Tiger? Or more than that? – A BRIC?

10. 1997 East Asian Crisis Investment and GDP

11. GDP Growth

12. IMF Loan Signing

13. 1998 Protests

15. Protests Become Riots after military response

16. Over 5,000 Deaths

17. May 21, 1998, Suharto Resigns

18. The Beginning is almost the End Timor L’este

19. Democracy Begins Constitution (1945 with amendments) Constitution Executive LegislativeJudicial PresidentPeople’s Consultative CabinetAssembly (MPR) Ministries* Bicameral Parliament * 5 year terms for each chamber *elected at the same time

20. Legislative Branch (How Elections Work) (How Elections Work) MPR DPRDPR DPDDPD House of Regional Representatives Representative 560 seatsCouncil (Lower House)132 seats (4 from each Province) (Upper House)

21. Special Requirements Party must have 3.5 % of national vote to qualify for any seats 1/3 of candidates on party list must be women To run, a Party needs: – a regional chapter in every province in the country (with a permanent office) – a chapter in at least 75 percent of each province’s regencies or municipalities (with a permanent office) – a chapter in at least half of each regency’s or municipality’s districts (permanent office not required) – at least 1,000 members

22. President Abdurrahman Wahid, 1999-2001

23. President Megawati Sukarnoputri 2001-2004

24. Pres. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) 2004-2014

25. Economic Growth

27. MPR Seats

28. 2014 Schedule

29. Campaign Schedule Rules Campaign period for 2014 legislative elections: January 11 through April 5 outdoor rallies, banners, large meetings, and campaign advertisements in mass media will only be allowed from March 16 to April 5 campaigning will cease four days prior to the election (April 9)

30. Major Parties

31. Preliminary Results

32. Presidential Election To nominate a Presidential Candidate: – a party needs at least 25% of the popular vote in parliamentary elections—or 20% of the seats First Round July 9, 2014 Pres/VP combo wins with – 50 percent of the vote nationwide; and – more than 20 percent of the vote in over half the provinces If no one achieves this in first round, second round held between top two candidates (September if necessary)

33. Candidates?

34. Frontrunner Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (PDI-P) (Jokowi)

35. Golkar Candidate Aburizal Bakrie Gerindra Candidate Prabowo Subianto