The Special Capital Region of Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Provinsi Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, abbreviated DPRD DKI Jakarta or simply DPRD DKI) is the unicameral legislature of the
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
n province of
Jakarta. The Council is composed of 106 members elected via party lists in the
2014 legislative election. Elections are held every five years and are conducted simultaneously with the nationwide legislative election.
It convenes in the DPRD DKI Jakarta Building,
Central Jakarta.
History
Under the
Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...
's administration, a "College of Alderman" ( nl, College van Schepenen) for
Batavia
Batavia may refer to:
Historical places
* Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands
* Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...
was established on 24 July 1620. There was also the ''College van Heemraden'' (
polder board). In 1905, a municipal body known as the Gemeenten Batavia was established,
which was renamed to Stadsgemeente Batavia in 1926. During the Japanese occupation, an advisory body existed since September 1943.
Following Indonesian independence, a local representative body was established by the new Indonesian government, though it was dissolved shortly afterwards due to Dutch reoccupation of the city. After the transfer of sovereignty, a temporary elected council of 25 members was established in 1950, intended to be a temporary body although it ended up lasting until 1956, when new regulations on local legislation were issued.
Structure
With 106 members, the council has one speaker and four deputy speakers. In addition, five commissions on separate topics exist:
Composition
Speakers
Note: ''Italic'' denotes interim speaker.
References
External links
Official website{{Portal, Indonesia
Politics of Jakarta
Provincial assemblies of Indonesia