President Prabowo Subianto (right) talks to his ministers on June 23, 2025 during a limited cabinet meeting at his private residence in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java. - Presidential Secretariat via JP/ANN
JAKARTA: From horse riding to hosting foreign dignitaries and convening emergency meetings with senior government officials, President Prabowo Subianto’s private estate in Hambalang has increasingly become an epicentre of power where he often directs high-level meetings and shapes policy away from Jakarta.
Since he assumed the presidency more than a year ago, Prabowo has shifted much of his work from the Palace in Jakarta to his private residence in Hambalang, a four-hectare area nestled in the hills and surrounded by forested land in Bogor, West Java.
