Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa
| Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa National Awakening Party |
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|---|---|
| Party leader | Muhaimin Iskandar (since 2005) |
| Secretary General | Abdul Kadir Karding |
| founding | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta |
| Alignment | moderate Islam , political center |
| Parliament seats | 47 of 560 |
| Website | http://www.dpp-pkb.or.id/ |
The Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB, translated as “National Awakening Party”, “Party of National Awakening”, “Party of People's Awakening” or “People's Awakening Party”) is a political party in Indonesia . It was founded in 1999 by Abdurrahman Wahid , the leader of the Nahdatul Ulama (NU) group.
The National Awakening Party does not represent a clear ideology. It relies primarily on Muslims in rural Java . In contrast to its predecessor organization NU, however, it does not strive for an Islamic Republic .
history
Within the NU there have been efforts to found a party since Suharto's resignation . Under the dictatorship the number of parties was limited to three. Wahid hesitated at first, fearing that a purely Islamic party would emerge. However, on the occasion of the elections, the idea prevailed. The 1999 parliamentary elections were won by Megawati Sukarnoputri's PDI-P , with the PKB winning 12.6% (over 13 million votes). In the presidential election in the People's Consultative Assembly, however, Wahid prevailed with the support of the Golkar . Wahid was president until 2001 because of his incompetence and involvement in financial scandals. Vice President Megawati succeeded him in office.
In the 2004 parliamentary elections, the PKB received 10.5% of the vote and 52 of the 550 seats in the People's Representative Council. In the presidential elections, which were held directly, the party supported Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from the Democratic Party , who also became president.
In the parliamentary elections on April 9, 2009 , the PKB was only seventh in the republic with 4.9% (around 5.1 million votes) and 28 of the current 560 seats. In the subsequent presidential election on July 8, she once again supported the candidacy of incumbent Yudhoyono with the non-party vice-presidential candidate Boediono, who were successful with an overwhelming majority (almost 74 million votes or 60.8%).
In the parliamentary elections in April 2014, the party improved again to 9.0% of the vote and 47 seats, making it the sixth strongest force. In the presidential election held in the same year , she supported the successful candidate Joko Widodo from the PDI-P.
Individual evidence
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