Indonesia’s Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigns after courtroom rulings on academic {qualifications}

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By Linda Ikeji
12 November 2026, 8:34 am

Indonesia’s Vice President, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, has resigned following courtroom rulings that his abroad highschool {qualifications} didn’t meet the authorized necessities for vice presidential candidates.

The 39-year-old submitted his resignation to parliament’s higher home on Thursday, November 12, asking lawmakers to course of his departure. He had additionally despatched a resignation letter to President Prabowo Subianto.

Upper home speaker Ahmad Muzani stated Gibran said in his letter that he was leaving voluntarily within the pursuits of the federal government and the nation. Senior regulation minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra stated the letter cited private causes and rising public sentiment.

Gibran’s resignation adopted calls by lawmakers for his impeachment over his academic credentials. The Constitutional Court and Supreme Court had dominated that his abroad highschool {qualifications} fell in need of the authorized necessities and had been wrongly accepted by election authorities.

Gibran was elected vp alongside Prabowo in 2024. His father, former President Joko Widodo, had confronted accusations of influencing a courtroom resolution that modified election guidelines and allowed Gibran to contest the election.

Following the resignation, parliament is predicted to declare the vice-presidential seat vacant and ask Prabowo to submit two alternative candidates. An election by the higher home is predicted to happen inside 60 days.

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