Prabowo Sets Nusantara as Political Capital in 2028, Government Lays Out Blueprint
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JAKARTA, Investortrust.id — President Prabowo Subianto sets Nusantara to operate as Indonesia’s political capital in 2028. The designation is contained in Presidential Regulation Number 79 of 2025 on the update of the 2025 Government Work Plan, promulgated on Monday, June 30, 2025.
The move reshapes Indonesia’s governance by shifting the center of administration from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, with an explicit focus on livability, service delivery, and staged relocation to manage risk and cost.
The regulation stated that planning, construction, and phased relocation to Nusantara were directed to establish the city as the nation’s political capital by 2028. The policy framed Nusantara as a functioning seat of political authority first, aligning sequencing of assets, housing, and basic services to support state institutions and their staff.
The government detailed priorities for the Central Government Core Area, known as Kawasan Inti Pusat Pemerintahan or KIPP. The zone covered between 800 and 850 hectares. Of that area, only 20 percent would be used for government offices and buildings to curb sprawl and protect public spaces. At least 50 percent of the land was allocated for livable, affordable, and sustainable housing to secure a permanent resident base for civil servants and essential workers.
Targets for basic infrastructure coverage in the core area were set at 50 percent, encompassing utilities and mobility networks integrated with public facilities. The plan set an accessibility and connectivity index of 0.74 to guide urban design toward efficient movement of people and goods across the district and its urban corridors.
The regulation emphasized sequencing through spatial planning and zoning. It stipulated that to establish the central government district and surrounding neighborhoods, comprehensive land use planning and spatial arrangements would be carried out in Nusantara and adjacent areas. This ordering aimed to create regulatory clarity for investors and contractors while ensuring that early neighborhoods remained livable and functional as the city scaled.
Civil-service relocation was central to Nusantara’s 2028 role. The government planned to move between 1,700 and 4,100 civil servants in stages to reinforce continuous operations. The regulation recorded the target for relocated and reassigned personnel, and mandated priority criteria for the first cohorts.
According to Secretary of the Nusantara Capital Authority Bimo Adi Nursanthyasto, the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform instructed the authority to prepare those criteria, with sixteen ministries and agencies included in the initial phase covering around 3,500 civil servants.
As of the latest update, Nusantara had accommodated about 1,200 civil servants while construction activity employed roughly 5,000 workers. These figures indicated an early operational footprint and steady progress toward the 2028 milestone, even as key infrastructure and housing continued to be delivered in stages.
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