Indonesia's upper house of parliament will pick the country's new vice president on December 2, its speaker said on Friday, November 13, setting the date to fill the vacancy left by the dramatic resignation of Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Reuters reported from Jakarta.

Source: Reuters, Nov 13, 2026

The vote follows the earlier development this desk reported on November 12: Gibran, President Prabowo Subianto's deputy and the eldest son of his predecessor Joko Widodo, handed his resignation to the assembly after court rulings on his education credentials. Read the earlier report: Gibran hands in his resignation

Speaker Ahmad Muzani said the upper house — the People's Consultative Assembly, or MPR, which is tasked by law with appointing the new vice president — would now send a letter to Prabowo requesting that he submit two names for the job, Reuters said.

Source: Reuters, Nov 13, 2026

The MPR's first plenary session on the vacancy — with the agenda of electing, inaugurating and confirming the elected vice-presidential candidate — will be held on Wednesday, December 2 at the MPR Building in Senayan, Central Jakarta, Muzani said, in remarks reported by detikNews. The assembly has also formed a team of 36 lawmakers to verify the candidates' credentials before the vote.

Source: detikNews via IndonesiaNow, Nov 13, 2026

How the vacancy arose — and the deadline

Gibran officially submitted his letter of resignation as vice president to the MPR on Thursday, November 12, and the assembly declared the vice-presidential seat vacant from his announcement, detikNews reported. Under Indonesia's 1945 Constitution, the position must be filled within a maximum of 60 days — there is no new national election; the president nominates two candidates and the MPR elects one of them.

Source: detikNews via IndonesiaNow, Nov 13, 2026

MPR Deputy Speaker Bambang Wuryanto, known as Bambang Pacul, said the legislature and the president wanted the appointment completed sooner than the deadline, targeting a date between November 23 and December 4, and that Indonesia would have a new vice president by January 10, 2027 at the latest, Jawawa reported on Friday.

Source: Jawawa, Nov 13, 2026

No names had been announced by Friday. The choice matters beyond filling a vacancy: Gibran was elected alongside Prabowo in the 2024 election, and his replacement will be picked by the assembly from Prabowo's two nominees rather than by voters.

Source: Reuters, Nov 13, 2026