2004 in Indonesia

Events

• January 10 – 2004 Palopo cafe bombing: Four people are killed and three injured.
• April 5 – Indonesian legislative election, 2004.
• May 5 – Final election results are announced: of 113,462,414 valid ballot papers, the Party of the Functional Groups win the largest number of seats on the People's Representative Council. However, fourteen of the twenty-four participating parties refuse to certify the election results after allegations of irregular vote counting.
• July 5–September 20 – Indonesian presidential election, 2004.
• September 9 – 2004 Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta: several civilian workers are killed, but all embassy staff survive.
• November 13 – 2004 Poso bus bombing; six people are killed.
• November 26 – November 2004 Nabire earthquake.
• November 30 – Lion Air Flight 583 crashed onto a cemetery on landing; 25 people on board were killed in the crash, including the captain.
• December 26 – The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami have huge effects on Indonesia.

Births

• May 16 – Azizi Asadel, Indonesian singer, dancer, and actress
• July 13 – Muhammad Naufal Zidan, University student murdered August 2, 2023 in Beji, Depok, West Java.

Deaths

• January 11 – Asrul Sani, Indonesian writer, poet and screenwriter
• June 15 – Bagong Kussudiardja, Indonesian artist, contemporary dance choreographer and painter
• July 2 – Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and novelist
• July 14 – Hoegeng Iman Santoso, 5th Chief of the Indonesian National Police
• August 29 – Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani, Indonesian military leader and politician
• September 8 – Mohammad Jusuf, Indonesian military general
• November 8 – Wahono, Indonesian politician
• December 11 – Harry Roesli, Indonesian singer and songwriter