Branches of the Government

There are three main branches of the Indonesian Government: Executive, Legislative, and the Judicial.

The head of the Executive branch is the President. President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono has been the the President since October 20, 2004. Then there is the Vice President, Jusuf Kalla who has been in office since October 20, 2004. The President and Vice President are elected for a five year term. The President appoints the Cabinet.

In the Legislative branch there is the House of Representatives. There are 550 members in the House of Representatives. Each are elected. They are elected for one 5 year term. Then there is the House of Regional Representatives. There job is to provide legislative input to the House of Representatives on issues that deal with the regions. Next there is the People's Consultative Assembly. Their role is to introduce to the president serious crimes and make minor changes to the Constitution. All of the members of the House of Representatives, House of Regional Representatives and People's Consultative are elected.

The Judicial branch deals with crime and punishment. The Supreme Court is the head of this branch. Next is the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court was invested by the president on August 16, 2003. The Supreme Court took administrative and financial responsibility for the lower court system. The Labor Court is now under supervision by the Supreme Court as of January 2006.