2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
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Incumbents
- President: Joko Widodo (PDI-P)
- Vice President: Ma'ruf Amin (independent)
- Speaker of the MPR: Bambang Soesatyo (Golkar)
- Speaker of the DPR: Puan Maharani (PDI-P)
- Speaker of the DPD: La Nyalla Mattalitti (East Java)
Events
January
- 1 January – M 4.5 earthquake occurs 23 km (14 mi) north northeast of Lembang, West Java. Four hundred houses are damaged in Sumedang.
- 5 January – Four people are killed and 37 injured in a train head-on collision between Turangga Train operated by Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) and Commuter Line Bandung Raya operated by KAI Commuter near Cicalengka, West Java.
- 18 January – Hundreds of homes are damaged and nearly a dozen people are injured after a tornado strikes villages in Bondowoso, East Java.
- 31 January – Gadjah Mada University releases the Bulaksumur petition calling on President Jokowi and his staff to stop the irregularities that occurred in the Indonesian government during his tenure and the 2024 Indonesian presidential election, and return to the corridors of democracy.
February
- 2 February – Mahfud MD resigns as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of Indonesia ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, and is replaced by Tito Karnavian.
- 13 February – Dirty Vote, a documentary film about the 2024 Election is released on YouTube and becomes viral for its allegations of fraud in the elections.
- 14 February – The 2024 Indonesian general election, the largest single-day election in the world, commences.
- 17 February – A passenger aboard Wings Air flight IW 1646 is injured after gunmen open fire on the aircraft as it lands at Nop Goliat Dekai Airport in Dekai, Highland Papua. Police blame the attack on an "armed criminal group".
- 19 February – Sixteen inmates escape during a jailbreak at Tanah Abang Police Station, Jakarta.
- 21 February
- At least 33 people are injured after a tornado strikes Sumedang.
- President Joko Widodo appoints Hadi Tjahjanto as the new Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono as the new Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister at Istana Negara, Jakarta.
March
- 7 March – 11 March – At least 26 people are killed and 11 others go missing following floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in West Sumatra.
- 9 March – A fishing boat capsizes during stormy weather off the coast of Selayar Island, South Sulawesi. Of its 37 crew, two of them are killed, 11 are rescued and the remaining 24 remain missing.
- 14 March – 19 March – At least seven people are killed following flooding in Kudus Regency, Central Java.
- 20 March – The General Elections Commission announces the results of the 2024 Indonesian general election, officially declaring Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka as president-elect and vice president-elect respectively with the pair receiving over 96 million votes, with 58% of the vote, and won one round.
- 21 March – Seventy-five people are rescued from a capsized boat believed to be carrying 151 Rohingya refugees off the coast of Kuala Bubon, Aceh. Three bodies are recovered, and the remaining passengers are presumed "dead or missing".
- 22 March – Two earthquakes strike off the coast of East Java, injuring at least 15 people.
- 25 March – Thirteen soldiers are arrested after video emerges showing them torturing a suspected member of the Free Papua Movement in Puncak Regency, Central Papua.
- 27 March – Sandra Dewi's husband, Harvey Moeis, was named a suspect in PT. Timah corruption with total losses reaching 271 trillion rupiah.
- 30 March – An explosion occurs at an Indonesian National Armed Forces ammunition depot in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, West Java.
April
- 4 April – Two leaders of the West Papua National Liberation Army are killed in a shootout with security forces near Tembagapura, Central Papua.
- 8 April – A minivan collides with a bus along the Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road in Karawang Regency, West Java, killing all 12 people onboard the minivan and injuring two on the bus.
- 11 April – Seven people died and 15 were injured after the Rosalia Indah bus fell into a ditch on the Batang-Semarang Toll Road, Central Java.
- 13 April – Twenty people are killed in landslides in Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi.
- 14 April – At least six people are injured following clashes between personnel of the Indonesian Navy and the Indonesian National Police in Sorong, Southwest Papua.
- 17 April – Thousands of people are evacuated after Mount Ruang erupts in North Sulawesi, prompting a tsunami alert.
- 18 April
- Seven people are killed in a fire at a shophouse in Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta.
- Two people are killed in a lahar flow caused by heavy rains near Mount Semeru, East Java.
- 20 April – Police announce the arrest of eight suspected members of a terrorist cell linked to Jemaah Islamiyah in raids across Central Sulawesi.
- 22 April – The Constitutional Court rejects all legal challenges against the results of the 2024 Presidential Election, allowing the KPU to declare the Prabowo-Gibran tandem the winner.
- 28 April – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of West Java, injuring seven people.
- 30 April – Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi erupts again for the second time in a month, prompting the evacuation of over 12,000 people.
May
- 2 May – Fourteen people are killed in flooding and landslides in Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi..
- 4 May – At least 14 people are killed in floods and landslides in South Sulawesi.
Predicted and scheduled events
- 17 August – Nusantara will become the new capital of Indonesia, replacing Jakarta.
- 20 October – Inauguration of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka as the 8th President of Indonesia and the 14th Vice President of Indonesia respectively.
- 27 November – 2024 Indonesian local elections.
Deaths
January
- 2 January – Rizal Ramli, 69, senior economist and politician, former minister of finance, coordinating minister for maritime affairs, and economic affairs (b. 1954)
- 6 January – Anton Pain Ratu, 95, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1982–1984) and bishop (1984–2007) of Atambua
- 14 January – Raema Lisa Rumbewas, 43, Indonesian weightlifter (b. 1980)
- 19 January – Abdul Hadi W.M., 78, writer (b.1946)
- 22 January
- Ignas Kleden, 76, writer (b.1948)
- Yahya Harahap, 79, jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1982–2000) (b. 1934)
- 31 January – Amrus Natalsya, 90, poet, painter, sculptist (b. 1933).
February
- 13 February – Tatang Farhanul Hakim, 62, politician, former Regent of Tasikmalaya (2001–2011) (b.1961)
- February 20 – Budhi Sarwono, 61, former Regent of Banjarnegara (2017–2022) (b.1962).
- 26 February – Edy Paryono, 69, football manager (b.1954).
March
- 5 March – Solihin G. P., former Governor of West Java (1970–1975) (b. 1926)
- 6 March – Polo Srimulat, comedian (b.1962)
- 19 March – Donny Kesuma, actor, presenter, athlete (b. 1968).
- 20 March – Muhammad Alwi Dahlan, former Minister of Communications and Informatics (1998) (b. 1933)
- 28 March – Sopyan Dado, actor (b. 1972)
Holidays
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- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 8 February – Isra' and Mi'raj
- 10 February – Chinese New Year
- 11 March – Day of Silence
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 31 March – Easter
- 10-11 April – Eid al-Fitr
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 9 May – Ascension Day
- 23 May – Vesak Day
- 1 June – Pancasila Day
- 17 June – Eid al-Adha
- 7 July – Islamic New Year
- 17 August – Independence Day
- 16 September – Prophet's Birthday
- 25 December – Christmas Day