Golkar

Golkar, social and political organization in Indonesia that evolved into a political party after it was founded as the Sekretariat Bersama Golongan Karya (Joint Secretariat of Functional Groups) by a group of army officers in 1964. Golkar, established ostensibly to counterbalance the growing power of the Indonesian Communist Party (which had formed close ties with Sukarno, Indonesia’s first president), was formed to represent all of Indonesia’s economic and social groups, including workers, professionals, farmers, civil...