MPR to Elect and Swear in New Vice President to Replace Gibran on December 2

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) of the Republic of Indonesia has scheduled a plenary session to elect a new Vice President to replace Gibran Rakabuming Raka on Wednesday, December 2, 2026.

MPR Chairman Ahmad Muzani stated that the plenary session would take place at the MPR/DPR Building in the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, with an agenda that includes the election, inauguration, and ratification of the newly elected Vice President.

"The MPR plenary meeting aimed at filling the Vice President vacancy—namely, the election, inauguration, and ratification of the selected Vice President candidate—will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2026, in this Senayan building," Muzani said during a press conference at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Friday (November 13, 2026).

In addition to setting the plenary session schedule, the MPR joint meeting also decided to send a letter to President Prabowo Subianto.

Muzani indicated that the letter would be sent on Friday to request Prabowo to promptly submit two names of candidates to replace Gibran.

"The joint meeting decided that today the MPR leadership will send a letter to the President of the Republic of Indonesia to request the immediate submission of two names of Vice President candidates to be verified by the MPR verification team," Muzani said.

As reported earlier, Gibran submitted his resignation letter from the Vice Presidency to the MPR leadership on Thursday (November 12, 2026).

The MPR has up to 60 days to elect a replacement for the Vice President.

Within 14 days after Gibran's resignation, President Prabowo Subianto must propose two names of Vice Presidential candidates following the receipt of the letter of request from the MPR.