Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at golkar.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Golkar.
Examples
-
Golkar is always identifiable as a part of the New Order.
Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Soeharto’s son aims to be president? 2009
-
Indeed, even as Megawati pulls ahead in the election, Marzuki argues that Golkar, which is based on secularism and has organizational roots across the archipelago, should still be an important agent of change.
-
Instead he formed an organization known as Golkar, which organized the population by functionagglomerations of civil servants, the armed forces, intellectuals, women, youth, workers, farmers, veterans, and so on.
1970s 2001
-
Yudhoyono has pushed reform in a bid to attract much-needed foreign investment, whereas Golkar, which is the president's main coalition partner, is seen as a vestige of the Suharto era.
-
Democratic Party leaders said here Thursday that both parties had agreed to name Golkar secretary-general Idrus Marham, the party's chairman Aburizal Bakrie's most trusted aide, to head the committee.
-
A number of political parties such as Golkar, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the National Awakening Party (PKB), the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the United Development Party (PPP) have been vying for the vice presidential candidate post in a coalition with PD.
-
Linda's supporters, such as Golkar's Burhanuddin Napitupulu, argued that Linda deserved the post because she was an active leader of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani).
-
In his first term the president, who heads the Democratic Party, had Joseph Kalla, the head of the powerful Golkar Party, as his vice presidential running mate.
Economy Booms, Reform Slows in Indonesian President's Second Term 2010
-
In his first term the president, who heads the Democratic Party, had Joseph Kalla, the head of the powerful Golkar Party, as his vice presidential running mate.
Economy Booms, Reform Slows in Indonesian President's Second Term 2010
-
Kalla, for instance, paid "huge bribes" to win the chairmanship of Golkar, Indonesia's largest political party, and the First Lady allegedly sought to use her political connections to extend the family's reach into state-owned businesses.
Sara Schonhardt: Wikileaks Tie Indonesia's President to Corruption, but There Is More To Worry About Sara Schonhardt 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.