Prabowo: I Am the Second President to Visit Miangas After Mr Jokowi

President Prabowo Subianto visited Miangas Island in Talaud Islands Regency, North Sulawesi. While on the island located near the Philippine border, Prabowo highlighted that he is the second president to visit Miangas after Joko Widodo.

The former defence minister recounted that he had just come from the Philippines before arriving in Miangas. “I came to see the conditions on Miangas Island, Indonesia’s northernmost outermost island. I just came from the Philippines, and it turns out it’s quite close,” he said on Saturday, 9 May 2026, as broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat.

Prabowo said he was grateful to be able to visit Miangas. “We are grateful; I am the second president—Mr Jokowi has been there before,” said the Gerindra Party Chairman.

Jokowi previously inaugurated Miangas Airport during his visit to the island in October 2016. Therefore, Prabowo stated that he wanted to maintain the airport and other facilities in Miangas, such as the community health centre.

Prabowo also discussed plans to develop the Merah Putih Fishermen’s Village in Miangas. He said this fishing village would have ice-making facilities up to cold storage or cooling warehouses. Prabowo estimated that the fishing village in Miangas would be completed in about five months.

Prabowo went to Miangas after returning to Indonesia from attending the 48th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, Philippines.

Miangas is the island closest to the Indonesia-Philippines border. Its location is in Talaud Islands Regency, North Sulawesi. Prabowo landed at Miangas Airport on Saturday, 9 May 2026, around 10:45 WITA. The Gerindra Party Chairman was accompanied by Foreign Minister Sugiono and Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya.

Prabowo arrived in Miangas via a direct flight from the Philippines. “He returned to the homeland today, but before going to Jakarta, he stopped by for some agendas there (Miangas),” said Sugiono as broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat on Saturday.

Prabowo’s arrival in Miangas was welcomed by several Merah Putih Cabinet ministers. Among them were Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, and Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono.

In addition, Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid, Minister of Public Works Dody Hanggodo, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, and Deputy Commander of the Indonesian National Army General Tandyo Budi Revita were also present.