Incumbents
President: Joko Widodo (PDI-P, independent by 22 April) (until 20 October) Prabowo Subianto (Gerindra) (since 20 October) Vice President: Ma'ruf Amin (independent) (until 20 October) Gibran Rakabuming Raka (independent) (since 20 October) Speaker of the MPR: Bambang Soesatyo (Golkar) (until 3 October) Ahmad Muzani (Gerindra) (since 3 October) Speaker of the DPR: Puan Maharani (PDI-P) Speaker of the DPD: La Nyalla Mattalitti (East Java) (until 2 October) Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin (Bengkulu) (since 2 October)
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. 4 February – Three alleged Papuan rebels are arrested, one dies in suspicious and the other two are tortured, one of whom was recorded being tortured, 13 soldiers would be arrested in March. 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, is held. 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. 28 February – One person is killed after a magnitude 2.8 earthquakes strikes West Java.
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, is named a suspect in the PT. Timah corruption scandal 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 on board the minivan and injuring two on the bus. 11 April – Seven people are killed and 15 others are injured after a bus falls 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, killing one person and injuring seven others. 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. 11 May A bus carrying students crashes onto multiple vehicles and overturns in Subang, West Java, killing 11 people. 2024 West Sumatra floods : At least 67 people are killed and 20 others reported missing following mudslides and lahar flows from Mount Marapi in West Sumatra caused by heavy rain. 14 May – A magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Lombok, injuring one person. 19 May A trainer aircraft crashes in BSD City, Serpong, killing three occupants inside.Pesawat latih jatuh di BSD, tiga orang meninggal dunia Starlink commences operations in Indonesia. 21 May – After eight years in hiding, Pegi Setiawan alias Perong, one of three People on the Wanted List and the mastermind behind the murder of Vina Dewi Arsita and her lover, Muhammad Rizky Rudiana in Cirebon in 2016, is arrested by the West Java Regional Police in Bandung. 27 May – The National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) officially issues a C1 Driving License for two-wheeled vehicles with an engine capacity of 250-500cc in accordance with the policy references contained in Police Regulation Number 5 of 2021. 30 May – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes Central Sulawesi, injuring five people.
June 3 June – Bambang Susantono and his deputy Dhony Rahajoe announce their resignation as heads of the Nusantara Capital City Authority. 4–5 June – A disturbance at a transmission substation located on a high voltage overhead line in South Sumatra causes a that affects most of Sumatra. 12 June – Authorities announce the arrest of six people on suspicion of hunting Javan rhinoceroses in Ujung Kulon National Park in Banten as part of an international poaching ring. 14 June – President Joko Widodo forms an Online Gambling Eradication Task Force, led by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Hadi Tjahjanto as chairman, and Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy as deputy chairman, through Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 21 of 2024 concerning the Online Gambling Eradication Task Force. 24 June – Authorities announce that the National Data Centre was targeted in a Cyberattack that affects more than 200 government agencies and was conducted by a hacking group demanding an Rp. 131 billion ($8 million) ransom. There was an attempt to turn off the Windows Defender security feature on 17 June so that malicious activity could occur. On 20 June, Windows Defender crashed and was rendered inoperable. 27 June – A raid on a villa in Bali results in the arrest of 103 foreign nationals on suspicion of involvement in cybercrime. 30 June – Chinese athlete Zhang Zhijie dies after collapsing at a match during the 2024 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Yogyakarta.
July 3 July The Election Organizer Honorary Council (DKPP) suspends Hasyim Asy'ari as chairman of the General Elections Commission due to sexual abuse allegations. The country's first electric vehicle battery plant is inaugurated in Karawang, West Java, and invested Rp. 160 trillion. Scientists announce the discovery of the world's oldest cave painting, depicting three people gathered around a large red pig, estimated to be at least 51,200 years old, in Leang Karampurang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region, South Sulawesi. 4 July – Eighteen leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah announce the disbanding of the militant group, after 31 years of operation. 7 July A magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes Central Java, injuring nine people. At least 23 people are killed and 35 others are reported missing following a landslide that hits an illegal gold mine in Bone Bolango Regency, Gorontalo. 11 July – Former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo is sentenced to ten years' imprisonment by a court in Jakarta for embezzling Rp. 44.7 billion ($2.7 million) in public funds. 16 July – Three suspected members of the Free Papua Movement are killed in clashes with the Indonesian National Army in Karubate Village, Muara District, Puncak Jaya Regency of Central Papua. 19 July – Three people are injured after a tourist helicopter crashes near Pecatu, Bali. 26 July – President Joko Widodo signs Government Regulation No. 28 of 2024, which bans female genital mutilation and single sales of cigarettes, and legalizes first-trimester abortions for medical emergencies, among other healthcare reforms. 31 July – A 19-year-old member of Islamic State is arrested by the Detachment 88 at Batu, East Java, while planning suicide bombings. Authorities also find triacetone triperoxide explosives, sulfuric acid, five jerrycans and one box of acetone, and other materials to create bombs.
August
5 August – A helicopter pilot from New Zealand is killed in a gun attack by suspected members of the West Papua National Liberation Army shortly after landing his aircraft in the village of Alama in Mimika Regency, Central Papua. 7 August – The tanker Elisabeth catches fire off the coast of Karangasem Regency in Bali, killing five crew and injuring 15 others. 8 August – Veddriq Leonardo clinches Indonesia's first gold medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris after winning in the speed climbing category. He is followed later in the day by Rizki Juniansyah, who wins in the 73-kilogram weightlifting competition. 12 August – Joko Widodo holds a cabinet meeting in Nusantara, marking the beginning of transition of the political power from Jakarta to Nusantara. 15 August – President-elect Prabowo secures a majority in the People's Consultative Assembly after the NasDem Party decides to join his political coalition. 17 August – For the first time in history, official celebreations for Indonesian Independence Day are held simultaneously in Jakarta and Nusantara.