2004 in Indonesia

Events from the year 2004 in Indonesia

Incumbents

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colspan="2"\|President !colspan="2"\|Vice President
align="right"\|Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono \| align="right"\|100px \| align="left" width=100\|100px \| align="left"\|Jusuf Kalla

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colspan="2"|President

!colspan="2"|Vice President

align="right"|Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

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| align="left"|Jusuf Kalla

Events

January 10 – 2004 Palopo cafe bombing: Four people are killed and three injured.{{cite news|title=Four die in Indonesia cafe blast|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3386113.stm|accessdate=23 July 2011|newspaper=BBC|date=10 January 2004}}
April 5 – Indonesian legislative election, 2004.
May 5 – Final election results are announced: of 113,462,414 valid ballot papers, the Party of the Functional Groups (Golkar) win the largest number of seats on the People's Representative Council. However, fourteen of the twenty-four participating parties refuse to certify the election results after allegations of irregular vote counting.{{cite news|first1=Moch. N. |last1=Kurniawan |first2=Muninggar Sri |last2=Saraswati |title=Golkar back in power at House |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2004/05/06/golkar-back-power-house.html |work=The Jakarta Post |date=6 May 2004 |accessdate=9 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607115332/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2004/05/06/golkar-back-power-house.html |archivedate=7 June 2011 }}
July 5–September 20 – Indonesian presidential election, 2004.
September 9 – 2004 Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta: several civilian workers are killed, but all embassy staff survive.{{cite news |last=Dillon |first=Paul |title=Blast rocks Jakarta near Australian Embassy |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-09-08-indonesia-blast_x.htm |work=USA Today |date=9 September 2004 |accessdate=21 March 2007}}
November 13 – 2004 Poso bus bombing; six people are killed.{{cite news|title=Bomb kills five in Indonesia|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Bomb-kills-five-in-Indonesia/2004/11/13/1100227626916.html|accessdate=23 July 2011|newspaper=The Age|date=13 November 2004|agency=Associated Press}}
November 26 – November 2004 Nabire earthquake.
November 30 – Lion Air Flight 583 crashed onto a cemetery on landing; 25 people on board were killed in the crash, including the captain.
December 26 – The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami have huge effects on Indonesia.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4145539.stm|title='Meulaboh's heart has been ripped out'|date=January 4, 2003|author=Andrew North|website=BBC News|access-date=April 29, 2021}}

Births

May 16 – Azizi Asadel, Indonesian singer, dancer, and actress
July 13 – Muhammad Naufal Zidan, University student murdered August 2, 2023 in Beji, Depok, West Java.{{Cite web |last=Mawardi |first=Isal |title=Kronologi Lengkap Mahasiswa UI Tewas Dibunuh Senior di Kamar Kos |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-6861246/kronologi-lengkap-mahasiswa-ui-tewas-dibunuh-senior-di-kamar-kos |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=detiknews |language=id-ID}}

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Deaths

January 11 – Asrul Sani, Indonesian writer, poet and screenwriter (born 1926)
June 15 – Bagong Kussudiardja, Indonesian artist, contemporary dance choreographer and painter (born 1928)
July 2 – Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and novelist (born 1922)
July 14 – Hoegeng Iman Santoso, 5th Chief of the Indonesian National Police (born 1921)
August 29 – Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani, Indonesian military leader and politician (born 1932)
September 8 – Mohammad Jusuf, Indonesian military general (born 1928)
November 8 – Wahono, Indonesian politician (born 1925)
December 11 – Harry Roesli, Indonesian singer and songwriter (born 1951)

References

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