- Public Service: President Prabowo Subianto praised Muhammadiyah’s contributions to education, health care and social services.
- Leadership and Management: He cited its network of schools, higher education institutions and hospitals as evidence of effective leadership and management.
- National Unity: Prabowo urged the organization to strengthen national unity and uphold truth, justice and honesty.
PALU, INDONESIAN POST — President Prabowo Subianto praised Muhammadiyah’s contributions to education, health care and social services, saying its strength rests on its commitment to serving the public.
Prabowo spoke Saturday, November 14, 2026, at the opening of Muhammadiyah’s Tanwir assembly and 114th-anniversary celebration at Muhammadiyah University of Palu in Central Sulawesi province.
He said Muhammadiyah’s strength lay in its sustained work to deliver practical benefits to communities. He also highlighted its strong intellectual tradition and educational role.
“Muhammadiyah’s greatness comes from working diligently in its chosen fields and providing tangible service to the nation and the Indonesian people,” Prabowo said.
The president outlined the scale of Muhammadiyah’s contributions to national development. He said the organization operates 165 higher education institutions, 24 medical faculties, 130 hospitals, 8,000 elementary and secondary schools, and about 20,000 kindergartens.
Prabowo said those achievements reflected the quality of Muhammadiyah’s leadership and its ability to manage a broad range of public services.
“This demonstrates the quality of the organization’s leadership and its management capabilities,” he said.
He said Muhammadiyah would remain important to national life, particularly through education, one of its defining contributions.
Prabowo also praised Muhammadiyah’s close ties with communities and urged its leaders and prominent members to continue promoting national unity and strengthening civic life.
He said cooperation across society was essential to tackling poverty and economic inequality, as well as ensuring that Indonesia’s natural resources deliver the greatest possible benefit to its people.
Prabowo also emphasized the importance of truth, justice and honesty in public life. He urged Muhammadiyah to continue contributing ideas and monitoring national development.
Closing his remarks, Prabowo congratulated Muhammadiyah on its 114th anniversary and called on the organization to continue serving the nation.
“Happy anniversary, Muhammadiyah. Continue your struggle. Uphold truth, uphold justice, uphold honesty,” he said.
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