When Ministers Run for Legislative Seats

Several ministers in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's cabinet are reported to be running as candidates for legislative members in the simultaneous election on 14 Feb. 2024.

FAKHRI FADLURROHMAN

PAN chairman Zulkifli Hasan, Golkar Party chairman Airlangga Hartarto, and PPP general chairman Muhammad Mardiono (from left to right) shaking hands after giving statements to journalists at Airlangga's official residence, Jalan Widya Chandra III, Jakarta, Thursday (27/4/2023).

Trade minister and chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Zulkifli Hasan will be a legislative candidate in the Central Java electoral district. Several other ministers, such as Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah and Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Minister Abdul Halim Iskandar have also been registered by the National Awakening Party (PKB).

It is also possible that ministers from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the NasDem party will also run as legislative members from their respective parties. The public is still waiting for the list of candidates from each party.