Member of Parliament As a politician, he has a history of being elected four times as a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives. During his leadership, the tradition of the Cabinet Secretary giving live information via podcast was started. All ministers are also required to attend a cabinet plenary session every month to ensure good coordination. On 2 January 2023, he issued Cabinet Secretary Regulation No 1 Year 2023 which regulates Key Performance Determinations in the Cabinet Secretary Scope. He also started efforts to prevent the Cabinet Secretariat from becoming a channel for entrusting interests by issuing Cabinet Secretary Regulation No. 6/2017, which contains Guidelines for Handling Conflicts of Interest in 2017.
Governor of Jakarta (2024) On 28 August, Pramono Anung and
Rano Karno officially registered to run for governor and vice governor. Before PDI-P announced them as running governor and vice governor, they had several candidates to smoothly run against
Kotak Kosong or empty ballot, such like
Anies Baswedan and
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. Initially,
Anies Baswedan became PDI-P's presumptive nominee as both Anies and PDI-P traded praises and interests. His candidacy was further strengthened after the Constitutional Court's ruling nullifies the need of a 20% parliament threshold. Rumours of his nomination became stronger as Anies visited the party headquarters and met
Rano Karno on August 26, 2024. The meeting then sparked a rumor that both Anies-Rano will be nominated as PDI-P's candidate. Responding to such rumours,
2024 presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo states that the party is still weighing their options but states his preference in favor of their own party cadres instead while
Djarot Saiful Hidayat said that Anies was one of the considered candidates that includes
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Pramono and
Rano Karno. However, PDI-P eventually did not nominate Anies as their candidate as PDI-P nominated Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung with Rano Karno acted as vice governor candidate. This decision was officially announced by party treasurer and former
Governor of North Sulawesi Olly Dondokambey, states that Pramono-Rano will be nominated as PDI-P's candidate. Despite wearing red clothes that associated with the party and went to visit the party headquarters,
Anies Baswedan was not present during the announcement, sparking speculations that PDI-P and Anies had parted ways. Pramono-Rano then registered themselves as candidates for the election on August 28, 2024. On 21 November 2024, Anies officially endorsed Pramono-Rano's candidacy at an event in Blok S Field, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. This endorsement came after earlier speculation about Anies's own potential candidacy with PDI-P's support had not materialized. Pramono-Rano won 2,183,239 votes (50.07 percent) in the election, defeating former West Java governor
Ridwan Kamil and independent candidate
Dharma Pongrekun. == Personal life ==