Indonesia Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of Indonesia

Type: republic

Capital. Jakarta

Political subdivisions 28 first-level administrative subdivisions or provinces, which are further subdivided into 282 second-level areas

Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts and by new criminal procedures code; constitution of 1945 is legal basis of government; legal education at University of Indonesia, Jakarta; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Independence Day, 17 August

branches: executive headed by President who is chief of state and head of Cabinet; Cabinet selected by President; unicameral legislature (DPR or House of Representatives) of 460 members (96 appointed, 364 elected); second body (MPR or People’s Consultative Assembly) of 920 members includes the legislature and 460 other members (chosen by several processes, but not directly elected); MPR elects President and Vice President and theoretically determines national policy; judicial, Supreme Court is highest court

Government leader: Gen. (Ret.) SOEHARTO, President (since March 1968)

Suffrage, universal over age 18 and married persons regardless of age

Political parties and leaders-Golkar (quasiofficial ‘ party” based on functional groups), Lt. Gen. Sudharmono; Indonesia Democracy Party (federation of former Nationalist and Christian Parties), leader unknown; United Development Party (federation of former Islamic parties), John Naro

Voting strength: (1982 election) Golkar 64.1%, Unity Development 28%, Indonesia Democracy 7.9%

Communists: Communist Party (PKI) was officially banned in March 1966; current strength est. at 1,000-3,000, with less than 10% engaged in organized activity;

pre-October 1965 hardcore membership has been estimated at 1.5 million

Member of: ADB, ANRPC, ASEAN, Association of Tin Producing Countries, CIPEC, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, 1FC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ISO, ITC, ITU, NAM, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Economy -

GNP: $90.3 billion (1985 est.), about $540 per capita; real average annual growth, 5.9% (1980-84); real annual growth rate 3.5% (1985 est.)

Natural resources: oil, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper

Agriculture: subsistence food production, and smallholder and plantation production for export; main crops—rice, cassava, rubber, copra, other tropical products; an illegal producer of cannabis for the international drug trade

Fishing: catch 2.2 million metric tons (1984); shrimp exports $194 million (1984), imports $4 million (1984)

Major industries: petroleum, textiles, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer production, timber

Electric power: (including Timor Timur and Irian Jaya) 10,200,000 kW capacity (1985);

28.5 billion kWh produced (1985), lb4 kWh per capita

Exports: $22.2 billion (1984), petroleum and liquefied natural gas ($15.0 billion), timber I$I 2 billion), rubber ($0 9 billion), coffee V$0.6 billion), tin ($0.3 billion), palm oil ($0.8 billion), tea ($0.2 billion), copper ($0 1 billion)

Imports: $15.3 billion (1984); rice ($1.02 billion); wheat flour, wheat grains, and other cereals and cereal products ($0 3 billion), textiles ($0.3 billion), chemicals ($1.5 billion), iron and steel products ($0.7 billion), ma chinery ($1 3 billion), transport equipment ($0.7 billion)

Major trade partners: (1984) exports—47% Japan, 21% US, 9% Singapore, imports— 23% Japan, 18% US, 12% Singapore, 11 % Saudi Arabia, 4% FRG

Budget: (1984/85) expenditures, $17.4 billion; receipts $14.5 billion

Monetary conversion rate: 1,125 rupiahs=US$l (31 December 1985)

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

NOTE: The information regarding Indonesia on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Indonesia 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Indonesia 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.