Tears and Prostration Mark Inauguration of Young Civil Servants at IPDN

An emotional atmosphere enveloped the campus of the Institute of Domestic Governance (IPDN) in Jatinangor, Sumedang Regency, West Java, on Wednesday (29/7/2026), as the Young Government Officials of the 33rd class prostrated themselves at their parents’ feet after being officially inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto.

A total of 1,204 Young Government Officials were confirmed to carry the mandate as government apparatus expected to drive the bureaucracy whilst supporting the implementation of national development programmes. The inauguration formed part of a graduation ceremony for 1,404 IPDN students, comprising 1,204 graduates of the applied undergraduate programme in governance, 73 graduates of the applied master’s programme in governance, 45 doctoral graduates in governance, and 82 graduates of the government official professional education programme.

The newly inaugurated officials will be posted within central and regional governments across Indonesia, including underdeveloped, frontier and outermost (3T) regions, in accordance with civil service formation requirements. President Prabowo was accompanied at the ceremony by Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Djamari Chaniago, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces General Agus Subiyanto, and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo.