2024 in Indonesia

Incumbents

 * President: Joko Widodo (PDI-P: until 22 April 2024, independent: since 22 April 2024)
 * Vice President: Ma'ruf Amin (independent)
 * Speaker of the MPR: Bambang Soesatyo (Golkar)
 * Speaker of the DPR: Puan Maharani (PDI-P)
 * Speaker of the DPD: La Nyalla Mattalitti (East Java)

January

 * 1 January – M 4.5 earthquake occurs 23 km (14 mi) north northeast of Lembang, West Java. Four hundred houses are damaged in Sumedang.
 * 5 January – Four people are killed and 37 injured in a train head-on collision between Turangga Train operated by Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) and Commuter Line Bandung Raya operated by KAI Commuter near Cicalengka, West Java.
 * 18 January – Hundreds of homes are damaged and nearly a dozen people are injured after a tornado strikes villages in Bondowoso, East Java.
 * 31 January – Gadjah Mada University releases the Bulaksumur petition calling on President Jokowi and his staff to stop the irregularities that occurred in the Indonesian government during his tenure and the 2024 Indonesian presidential election, and return to the corridors of democracy.

February

 * 2 February – Mahfud MD resigns as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of Indonesia ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, and is replaced by Tito Karnavian.
 * 13 February – Dirty Vote, a documentary film about the 2024 Election is released on YouTube and becomes viral for its allegations of fraud in the elections.
 * 14 February – The 2024 Indonesian general election, the largest single-day election in the world, is held.
 * 17 February – A passenger aboard Wings Air flight IW 1646 is injured after gunmen open fire on the aircraft as it lands at Nop Goliat Dekai Airport in Dekai, Highland Papua. Police blame the attack on an "armed criminal group".
 * 19 February – Sixteen inmates escape during a jailbreak at Tanah Abang Police Station, Jakarta.
 * 21 February
 * At least 33 people are injured after a tornado strikes Sumedang.
 * President Joko Widodo appoints Hadi Tjahjanto as the new Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono as the new Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister at Istana Negara, Jakarta.
 * 28 February – One person is killed after a magnitude 2.8 earthquakes strikes West Java.

March

 * 7 March – 11 March – At least 26 people are killed and 11 others go missing following floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in West Sumatra.
 * 9 March – A fishing boat capsizes during stormy weather off the coast of Selayar Island, South Sulawesi. Of its 37 crew, two of them are killed, 11 are rescued and the remaining 24 remain missing.
 * 14 March – 19 March – At least seven people are killed following flooding in Kudus Regency, Central Java.
 * 20 March – The General Elections Commission announces the results of the 2024 Indonesian general election, officially declaring Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka as president-elect and vice president-elect respectively with the pair receiving over 96 million votes, with 58% of the vote, and won one round.
 * 21 March – Seventy-five people are rescued from a capsized boat believed to be carrying 151 Rohingya refugees off the coast of Kuala Bubon, Aceh. Three bodies are recovered, and the remaining passengers are presumed "dead or missing".
 * 22 March – Two earthquakes strike off the coast of East Java, injuring at least 15 people.
 * 25 March – Thirteen soldiers are arrested after video emerges showing them torturing a suspected member of the Free Papua Movement in Puncak Regency, Central Papua.
 * 27 March – Sandra Dewi's husband, Harvey Moeis, is named a suspect in the PT. Timah corruption scandal with total losses reaching 271 trillion rupiah.
 * 30 March – An explosion occurs at an Indonesian National Armed Forces ammunition depot in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, West Java.

April

 * 4 April – Two leaders of the West Papua National Liberation Army are killed in a shootout with security forces near Tembagapura, Central Papua.
 * 8 April – A minivan collides with a bus along the Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road in Karawang Regency, West Java, killing all 12 people onboard the minivan and injuring two on the bus.
 * 11 April – Seven people are killed and 15 others are injured after a bus falls into a ditch on the Batang-Semarang Toll Road, Central Java.
 * 13 April – Twenty people are killed in landslides in Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi.
 * 14 April – At least six people are injured following clashes between personnel of the Indonesian Navy and the Indonesian National Police in Sorong, Southwest Papua.
 * 17 April – Thousands of people are evacuated after Mount Ruang erupts in North Sulawesi, prompting a tsunami alert.
 * 18 April
 * Seven people are killed in a fire at a shophouse in Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta.
 * Two people are killed in a lahar flow caused by heavy rains near Mount Semeru, East Java.
 * 20 April – Police announce the arrest of eight suspected members of a terrorist cell linked to Jemaah Islamiyah in raids across Central Sulawesi.
 * 22 April – The Constitutional Court rejects all legal challenges against the results of the 2024 Presidential Election, allowing the KPU to declare the Prabowo-Gibran tandem the winner.
 * 28 April – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of West Java, killing one person and injuring seven others.
 * 30 April – Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi erupts again for the second time in a month, prompting the evacuation of over 12,000 people.

May

 * 2 May – Fourteen people are killed in flooding and landslides in Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi.
 * 11 May
 * A bus carrying students crashes onto multiple vehicles and overturns in Subang, West Java, killing 11 people.
 * 2024 West Sumatra floods : At least 67 people are killed and 20 others reported missing following mudslides and lahar flows from Mount Marapi in West Sumatra caused by heavy rain.
 * 14 May – A magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Lombok, injuring one person.
 * 19 May
 * A trainer aircraft crashes in BSD City, Serpong, killing three occupants inside.
 * Starlink commences operations in Indonesia.
 * 21 May – After eight years in hiding, Pegi Setiawan alias Perong, one of three People on the Wanted List and the mastermind behind the murder of Vina Dewi Arsita and her lover, Muhammad Rizky Rudiana in Cirebon in 2016, is arrested by the West Java Regional Police in Bandung.
 * 27 May – The National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) officially issues a C1 Driving License for two-wheeled vehicles with an engine capacity of 250-500cc in accordance with the policy references contained in Police Regulation Number 5 of 2021.
 * 30 May – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes Central Sulawesi, injuring five people.

June

 * 3 June – Bambang Susantono and his deputy Dhony Rahajoe announce their resignation as heads of the Nusantara Capital City Authority.
 * 4–5 June — A disturbance at a transmission substation located on a high voltage overhead line in South Sumatra causes a 2024 Sumatra blackout that affects most of Sumatra.
 * 12 June – Authorities announce the arrest of six people on suspicion of hunting Javan rhinoceroses in Ujung Kulon National Park in Banten as part of an international poaching ring.
 * 14 June – President Joko Widodo forms an Online Gambling Eradication Task Force, led by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Hadi Tjahjanto as chairman, and Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy as deputy chairman, through Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 21 of 2024 concerning the Online Gambling Eradication Task Force.
 * 24 June – Authorities announce that the National Data Centre was targeted in a Cyberattack that affects more than 200 government agencies and was conducted by a hacking group demanding an $8 million (Rp. 131 billion) ransom. There was an attempt to turn off the Windows Defender security feature on 17 June so that malicious activity could occur. On 20 June, Windows Defender crashed and was rendered inoperable.
 * 27 June – A raid on a villa in Bali results in the arrest of 103 foreign nationals on suspicion of involvement in cybercrime.
 * 30 June – Chinese athlete Zhang Zhijie dies after collapsing at a match during the 2024 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Yogyakarta.

July

 * 3 July
 * The Election Organizer Honorary Council (DKPP) suspends Hasyim Asy'ari as chairman of the General Elections Commission due to sexual abuse allegations.
 * The country's first electric vehicle battery plant is inaugurated in Karawang, West Java.
 * Scientists announce the discovery of the world's oldest cave painting, depicting three people gathered around a large red pig, estimated to be at least 51,200 years old, in Leang Karampurang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region, South Sulawesi.
 * 4 July – Eighteen leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah announce the disbanding of the militant group, after 31 years of operation.
 * 7 July
 * A magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes Central Java, injuring nine people.
 * At least 23 people are killed and 35 others are reported missing following a landslide that hits an illegal gold mine in Bone Bolango Regency, Gorontalo.
 * 11 July – Former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo is sentenced to ten years' imprisonment by a court in Jakarta for embezzling Rp. 44.7 billion ($2.7 million) in public funds.
 * 19 July – Three people are injured after a tourist helicopter crashes near Pecatu, Bali.

Predicted and scheduled events

 * 17 August – Nusantara will become the new capital of Indonesia, replacing Jakarta.
 * 20 October – Inauguration of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka as the 8th President of Indonesia and the 14th Vice President of Indonesia respectively.
 * 27 November – 2024 Indonesian local elections.

January

 * 2 January – Rizal Ramli, 69, senior economist and politician, former minister of finance, coordinating minister for maritime affairs, and economic affairs (b. 1954)
 * 6 January – Anton Pain Ratu, 95, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1982–1984) and bishop (1984–2007) of Atambua
 * 14 January – Raema Lisa Rumbewas, 43, weightlifter (b. 1980)
 * 19 January – Abdul Hadi W.M., 78, writer (b.1946)
 * 22 January
 * Ignas Kleden, 76, writer (b.1948)
 * Yahya Harahap, 79, jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1982–2000) (b. 1934)
 * 31 January – Amrus Natalsya, 90, poet, painter, sculptist (b. 1933).

February

 * 13 February – Tatang Farhanul Hakim, 62, politician, former Regent of Tasikmalaya (2001–2011) (b.1961).
 * February 20 – Budhi Sarwono, 61, former Regent of Banjarnegara (2017–2022) (b.1962).
 * 26 February – Edy Paryono, 69, football manager (b.1954).

March

 * 5 March – Solihin G. P., former Governor of West Java (1970–1975) (b. 1926).
 * 6 March – Polo Srimulat, comedian (b.1962).
 * 19 March – Donny Kesuma, actor, presenter, athlete (b. 1968).
 * 20 March – Muhammad Alwi Dahlan, former Minister of Communications and Informatics (1998) (b. 1933).
 * 28 March – Sopyan Dado, actor (b. 1972).

April

 * April 8 – Melitha Sidabutar, gospel singer (b. 2001).
 * April 9 – Babe Cabiita, actor (b. 1989).

May

 * May 17 – Levi Rumbewas, bodybuilder (b. 1948).
 * May 18 – Salim Haji Said, academician and journalist, Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2006-2010) (b. 1943).

Holidays
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 * 1 January – New Year's Day
 * 8 February – Isra' and Mi'raj
 * 10 February – Chinese New Year
 * 11 March – Day of Silence
 * 29 March – Good Friday
 * 31 March – Easter
 * 10-11 April – Eid al-Fitr
 * 1 May – International Workers' Day
 * 9 May – Ascension Day
 * 23 May – Vesak Day
 * 1 June – Pancasila Day
 * 17 June – Eid al-Adha
 * 7 July – Islamic New Year
 * 17 August – Independence Day
 * 16 September – Prophet's Birthday
 * 25 December – Christmas Day