Golkar
The Party of Functional Groups (Indonesian: Partai Golongan Karya), often known by its abbreviation Golkar, is a 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. Golkar was not officially a political party until 1999, when it was required to become a party in order to contest elections.
Party of Functional Groups Partai Golongan Karya | |
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| Abbreviation | Partai Golkar |
| General Chairman | Airlangga Hartarto |
| Secretary-General | Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus |
| Founded | 20 October 1964 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta |
| Newspaper | Suara Karya (1971–2016) |
| Youth wing | AMPG (Golkar Party Young Force) |
| Women's wing | KPPG (Golkar Party Women's Corps) |
| Labour wing | |
| Membership (2023) | 839,187 |
| Ideology | Pancasila National conservatism Developmentalism Economic liberalism Indonesian nationalism Secularism Suhartoism Catch-all party During the New Order: Big tent Right-wing authoritarianism |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing During the New Order: Far-right |
| National affiliation | Onward Indonesia Coalition Advanced Indonesia Coalition |
| Slogan | Suara Golkar, Suara Rakyat (Golkar's Voice, People's Voice) |
| Anthem | Mars Partai Golkar (Golkar Party March) |
| Ballot number | 4 |
| DPR seats | 85 / 575 |
| DPRD I seats | 309 / 2,232 |
| DPRD II seats | 2,412 / 17,340 |
| Website | |
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Golkar was the ruling political group from 1971 to 1999, under presidents Suharto and B. J. Habibie. It subsequently joined the ruling coalitions under presidents Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati Sukarnoputri, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. When President Joko Widodo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle was elected in 2014, Golkar initially joined an opposition coalition led by former general Prabowo Subianto but in 2016 switched its allegiance to Widodo's government. However, in the last 5 years, elite Golkar cadres have been caught in corruption cases, the KPK's determination of Azis Syamsuddin as a suspect adds to the long list of Golkar Party cadres involved in corruption cases, A number of other Golkar elites had already been arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission and the Attorney General's Office because they were involved in corruption.