dent last held 23 July 2001 (next to be held
NA 2006); selection of vice president last held 26 July 2001 (next
to be held NA 2006) note: MPR) includes the House of Representatives
(Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat or DPR) plus 200 indirectly selected members;
it meets every five years to elect the president and vice president and
to approve broad outlines of national policy and also has yearly meetings
to consider constitutional and legislative changes election results:
MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri elected president, receiving 591 votes in favor
(91 abstentions); Hamzah HAZ elected vice president, receiving 340 votes
in favor (237 against)

Legislative branch: unicameral House of Representatives or Dewan
Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) (500 seats; 462 elected by popular vote, 38
are appointed military representatives; members serve five-year terms)
election results: 10.7%, PAN 7.3%, PBB 1.8%, other 4.5%; seats by party -
PDI-P 154, Golkar 120, PPP 58, PKB 51, PAN 35, PBB 14, other 30; note -
subsequent to the election, there has been a change in the distribution
of seats; the new distribution is: PDI-P 153, Golkar 120, PPP 58, PKB
51, PAN 35, PBB 13, other 32 elections: last held 7 June 1999 (next to
be held NA 2004)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (justices appointed by
the president from a list of candidates approved by the legislature); note
- the Supreme Court is preparing to assume administrative responsibility
for the federal court system, previously run by the executive

Political parties and leaders: Crescent Moon and Star Party or PBB
[Yusril Ihza MAHENDRA, chairman]; Federation of Functional Groups
or Golkar [Akbar TANDJUNG, general chairman]; Indonesia Democracy
Party-Struggle or PDI-P [MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri, chairperson]; National
Awakening Party or PKB [Alwi SHIHAB, chairman]; National Mandate Party or
PAN [Amien RAIS, chairman]; United Development Party or PPP (federation
of former Islamic parties) [Hamzah HAZ, chairman]

Political pressure groups and leaders: NA

International organization participation: APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN,
CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM
(observer), ISO, ITU, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIBH, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNOMIG, UPU, WCL, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassado