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Indonesia’s vice president Gibran resigns
Gibran Rakabuming Raka handed in his resignation after court rulings questioned his educational credentials; parliament will pick a replacement on 2 December.
What we know
- 1Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigned as Indonesia’s vice president on 12 November 2026, handing a letter to the upper house of parliament and to President Prabowo Subianto, who accepted it, according to Reuters, the Associated Press, the BBC and Al Jazeera.
- 2The move followed court rulings that his overseas school credentials did not meet the legal requirement for vice-presidential candidates, and a push by lawmakers toward impeachment.
- 3In a video address, Gibran said the decision was personal and not about his qualifications, and that he was stepping aside so the government could move forward.
- 4His father, former President Joko Widodo, said he would continue to support Prabowo’s administration.
- 5The upper house will choose a replacement on 2 December from two names submitted by the president, its speaker told Reuters.
- 6No official post from Gibran or Prabowo appeared in this X collection.
Unique posts in this collection
Outlets · voices · official, of 12 qualified posts
Sum of 3 unique authors' followers, not impressions
Post volume over time
Counts are unique post IDs after merging search pages. Max 25 results per search call, so some outlet posts may be missing and a late-looking time is not proof that an outlet was late. Combined reach counts unique followers, not impressions. No posts, replies, likes or follows were made from any account. “Broke first” is for Bloomberg’s report that Gibran had offered to resign, not the earlier Reuters posts about impeachment talks. The 25-result cap may hide earlier posts we did not collect. AP and the BBC published articles but we did not find matching posts from those accounts in this collection.
Too few posts to chart yet
1 post across 1 hour
How we count
Counts are unique post IDs after merging search pages. Max 25 results per search call, so some outlet posts may be missing and a late-looking time is not proof that an outlet was late. Combined reach counts unique followers, not impressions. No posts, replies, likes or follows were made from any account. “Broke first” is for Bloomberg’s report that Gibran had offered to resign, not the earlier Reuters posts about impeachment talks. The 25-result cap may hide earlier posts we did not collect. AP and the BBC published articles but we did not find matching posts from those accounts in this collection.
Who reported first
First post on X in this collection in which each outlet reported the story. Times are in your local zone.
- 1Bloomberg Broke first@business
- 2@business
- 3@Reuters
- 4@Reuters
- 5@AJEnglish
- 6@business
“Broke first” is for Bloomberg’s report that Gibran had offered to resign, not the earlier Reuters posts about impeachment talks. The 25-result cap may hide earlier posts we did not collect. AP and the BBC published articles but we did not find matching posts from those accounts in this collection.
Timeline
Confirmed by Reuters, AP, the BBC and Al Jazeera. Sources: Reuters, AP, BBC, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg.
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