Politics
- Abdurrahman Wahid, Muslim intellectual and former Indonesian president
- Agung Laksono, head of Indonesia's People's Representative Council (DPR)
- Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, current Malaysian Minister of Defence
- Ali Sastroamidjojo, former Prime Minister of Indonesia
- Amien Rais, leader of Indonesia's Constitutional Assembly (MPR) in 1999-2004
- Anas Urbaningrum, the chairman of the Democratic Party
- Anton Apriantono, Indonesian minister
- Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, Indonesian president and scientist (his mother is Javanese)
- Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indonesian freedom fighter, one of the founder of Indische Partij
- Hidayat Nur Wahid, leader of Indonesia's Constitutional Assembly (MPR)
- Megawati Soekarnoputri, former Indonesian president
- Mohamed Khir bin Toyo, ex-Chief Minister of Selangor, Malaysia
- Mohamed Rahmat, former Information Minister of Malaysia
- Musso, leader of the Communist Party of Indonesia
- Nur Jazlan Mohamed, Malaysian politician and member of the Parliament of Malaysia
- Sjam Kamaruzaman, key member of the Communist Party of Indonesia
- Paul Somohardjo, Surinamese politician
- Prabowo, Chief of Gerindra party
- Ruslan Abdulgani, former Indonesian vice prime minister
- Soenario, former Indonesian foreign minister and ambassador
- Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, former Indonesian vice-president
- Sudharmono, former Indonesian vice-president
- Suharto, former Indonesian president
- Sukarno, one of Indonesia's founding fathers and former president
- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, current Indonesian president
- Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo, Indonesian independence hero, one of the founder of Indische Partij
- Tjokroaminoto, the first leader of Sarekat Dagang Islam
- Try Sutrisno, former Indonesian vice-president
- Paul Somohardjo, Surinamese politician
- Wahid Hasyim, first Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs
- Wilopo, former Prime Minister of Indonesia
- Yenny Wahid, Indonesian Islamic activist and politician, daughter of Abdurrahman Wahid
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.”
—Mario Puzo, U.S. author, screenwriter, and Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. director, screenwriter. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)
“Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)