ic of Indonesia conventional short form: Indies;
Dutch East Indies local short form: Indonesia

Government type: republic

Capital: Jakarta

Administrative divisions: 27 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular -
propinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah
istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota);
Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Jakarta Raya**, Jambi, Jawa
Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Selatan,
Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Lampung,
Maluku, Maluku Utara, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua,
Riau, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi
Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta*; note
- with the implementation of decentralization on 1 January 2001, the 357
districts (regencies) have become the key administrative units responsible
for providing most government services note: following the 30 August
1999 provincial referendum for independence which was overwhelmingly
approved by the people of Timor Timur and the October 1999 concurrence
of Indonesia's national legislature, the name East Timor was adopted as
a provisional name for the political entity formerly known as Propinsi
Timor Timur; East Timor gained its formal independence on 20 May 2002

Independence: 17 August 1945 (proclaimed independence; on 27 December
1949, Indonesia became legally independent from the Netherlands)

National holiday: Independence Day, 17 August (1945)

Constitution: August 1945, abrogated by Federal Constitution of 1949
and Provisional Constitution of 1950, restored 5 July 1959

Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified by
indigenous concepts and by new criminal procedures code; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage: 17 years of age; universal and married persons regardless
of age

Executive branch: chief of state: President MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri (since
23 July 2001) and Vice President Hamzah HAZ (since 26 July 2001); note
- the president is both the chief of state and head of government head
of government: Hamzah HAZ (since 26 July 2001); note - the president
is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet
appointed by the president elections: president and vice president elected
separately by the People's Consultative Assembly or MPR for five-year
terms; selection of presi