Golkar

Party of Functional Groups
Partai Golongan Karya
AbbreviationPartai Golkar
General ChairmanAirlangga Hartarto[1]
Secretary-GeneralLodewijk Freidrich Paulus[2]
DPR group leaderKahar Muzakhir
Founded20 October 1964 (20 October 1964)
HeadquartersJakarta
NewspaperSuara Karya (1971–2016)
Youth wingAMPG (Golkar Party Young Force)
Women's wingKPPG (Golkar Party Women's Corps)
Labour wing
Membership (2023)839,187[3]
Ideology
Political positionBig tent[a]
National affiliationOnward Indonesia Coalition
Advanced Indonesia Coalition
SloganSuara Golkar, Suara Rakyat
(Golkar's Voice, People's Voice)
AnthemMars Partai Golkar
(Golkar Party March)
Ballot number4
DPR seats
85 / 575
DPRD I seats
309 / 2,232
DPRD II seats
2,412 / 17,340
Website
www.partaigolkar.com

The Party of Functional Groups (Indonesian: Partai Golongan Karya), often known by its abbreviation Golkar, is a centre-right big tent[10] political party in Indonesia. It was founded as the Joint Secretariat of Functional Groups (Indonesian: Sekretariat Bersama Golongan Karya, Sekber Golkar) in 1964, and participated for the first time in national elections in 1971 as Functional Groups. Since 2009, it has been the second-largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having secured 102 seats in the last election. It is led by Airlangga Hartarto.

Golkar was the ruling political group during the New Order government of Suharto from 1971 to 1999, when it was required to become a party in order to contest elections. In the ensuing legislative election, its share of votes declined. The party then joined Presidents Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Sukarnoputri's coalition. Golkar regained its position as the largest party in the DPR after winning the 2004 legislative election, and its member Jusuf Kalla was elected as vice president. In 2009, Golkar nominated Kalla for president, but he was defeated by the incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). When President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was elected in 2014, Golkar initially joined an opposition coalition led by Prabowo Subianto but in 2016 switched its allegiance to the Jokowi administration.[11]

  1. ^ Ibrahim, Gibran Maulana (14 December 2017). "Jadi Ketum Golkar, Airlangga Serahkan Jabatan Menterinya ke Jokowi". detikcom. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ Ramadhani, Nurul Fitri (23 January 2018). "Golkar eyes big prize in 2019 poll". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Info Pemilu - Partai GOLKAR". Komisi Pemilihan Umum RI. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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  6. ^ a b c Bulkin, Nadia. "Indonesia's Political Parties". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  7. ^ "Golkar Ajak Loyalis Soeharto Pulang ke Partai". 2021.
  8. ^ "Golkar Cari Suara Loyalis Soeharto?". 2021.
  9. ^ Derbyshire, J. Denis (1990). Political Systems Of The World. Allied Publishers. p. 116.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Honna2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Golkar declares support for Jokowi". The Jakarta Post. 28 July 2016 – via PressReader.com.


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