Ministry of the State Secretariat

Ministry of State Secretariat
Kementerian Sekretariat Negara
Seal of the Ministry of State Secretariat
Ministry overview
Formed19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)
JurisdictionGovernment of Indonesia
Headquarters
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Bambang Eko Suhariyanto, First Deputy Minister
  • Juri Ardiantoro, Second Deputy Minister
Websitewww.setneg.go.id

The Ministry of State Secretariat is an Indonesian government ministry responsible for providing technical, administrative, and analytical support to the President and Vice President in the exercise of their state powers. The current minister of the state secretariat is Prasetyo Hadi, who has been in office since 21 October 2024.

Duties

The State Secretariat is responsible for providing technical, administrative, and analytical support to the President and Vice President of Indonesia, the details are which as follow:

  1. Providing technical and administrative support for the household, protocols, press, and media affairs of the president;
  2. Providing technical and administrative support for the household and protocols of the vice president, as well as vice-presidential analytical support to assist the president;
  3. Providing technical and administrative support of the president as the commander-in-chief of the Indonesian National Armed Forces concerning the promotion and dismissal of military officers, awarding of titles and honors, and the provisions on security coordination to the president, vice president, their households, and visiting foreign head of states/head of governments;
  4. Providing technical, administrative, and analytical support concerning the drafting of legislations, resolutions of legal issues involving the president and vice president, as well as drafting of presidential decisions for clemency, amnesty, abolition of punishments, legal rehabilitation, remission of life imprisonment conviction into regular imprisonment, citizenships, extraditions, and Indonesian membership in international organizations;
  5. Providing technical, administrative, and analytical support concerning inter-institutional relations between state institutions, non-structural institutions, regional institutions, public organizations, political organizations, and managing public complaints to the president, vice president, or the ministers;
  6. Providing technical, administrative, and analytical support concerning the promotions, dismissals, and the retirements of state officials, government officials, other officials, and civil servants;
  7. Fostering, managing, and developing the bureaucracy, its organization, administration, and reforms, within the Ministry;
  8. Coordinating the duties, fostering, and administrative support within the Ministry, as well as the management of presidential archives, facilities for former presidents and vice presidents, and other administrative support for the presidential medical team;
  9. Managing state property/wealth within the jurisdiction of the Ministry;
  10. Coordinating and facilitating technical cooperation between the Government of Indonesia and various actors of development, as well as the administrative management of official overseas visits;
  11. Supervision over duties and responsibilities within the Ministry; and
  12. Executing other functions and duties as ordered by the president and vice president, or by law.

Organization

Based on the Presidential Decree No. 148/2024 and No.1/2026, and as expanded by the Minister of the State Secretariat Decree No. 11/2024, the Ministry of the State Secretariat is organized into the following:

List of ministers

Portrait Name Term length Cabinet Notes
Term start Term End
Abdul Gaffar Pringgodigdo 19 August 1945 14 November 1945 Presidential Cabinet
State secretariat function were exercised by the Prime Minister's Office during liberal democracy period in Indonesia.
Mohammad Ichsan 23 August 1962 25 July 1966
  • The office were reestablished as 'Minister/State Secretary' (Indonesian: Menteri/Sekretaris Negara).
  • Both Ichsan and Soerjoadiningrat were made Minister/State Secretary on 23 August 1962.
  • Ichsan was reappointed Minister/State Secretary on 13 December 1963, while Soerjoadiningrat was made Minister/Cabinet Presidium Secretary. He would be appointed acting Minister/State Secretary around June 1965.
  • Later during Dwikora Cabinet, the office were renamed as 'State Secretary' (Indonesian: Sekretaris Negara).
Abdul Wahab Soerjoadiningrat 23 August 1962 13 December 1963
State secretariat function were dormant during acting presidency of Soeharto.
Alamsyah Ratu Perwiranegara 9 February 1968 8 April 1972
  • In 1972, Alamsyah was appointed Ambassador to the Netherlands until 1974, where he resigned due to illness.
Sudharmono 8 April 1972 21 March 1988
  • During Second Development Cabinet, the office were renamed as 'State Minister/State Secretary' (Indonesian: Menteri Negara/Sekretaris Negara).
  • Since 28 March 1973, the office were merged with the Cabinet Secretary.
  • In March 1988, Sudharmono was elected Suharto's vice president on his fifth term.
Murdiono 21 March 1988 14 March 1998
Saadilah Mursyid 14 March 1998 21 May 1998 Seventh Development Cabinet
Akbar Tanjung 23 May 1998 10 May 1999 Development Reform Cabinet
  • On 10 May 1999 Akbar Tanjung resigned from his post, as he was elected chairman of Golkar party. State Secretary position was filled ad interim by the Justice Minister, Muladi.
Muladi (ad interim) 10 May 1999 20 October 1999
Alirahman 29 October 1999 15 February 2000 National Unity Cabinet
  • Since 29 October 1999 the office were renamed as 'State Secretary' (Indonesian: Sekretaris Negara).
  • The office of Cabinet Secretary were separated, with the appointment of Marsilam Simanjuntak and later Marzuki Darusman as Cabinet Secretary during National Unity cabinet.
  • According to the biography of Djohan Effendi, both he and Marsilam Simanjuntak (the Cabinet Secretary) decided to separate their responsibilities: State Secretariat for the president's role as head of state, Cabinet Secretary for the president's role as head of government.
Bondan Gunawan 15 February 2000 29 May 2000
Djohan Effendi 29 May 2000 21 June 2001
Muhammad Maftuh Basyuni 21 June 2001 23 July 2001
Bambang Kesowo 10 August 2001 20 October 2004 Mutual Assistance Cabinet
  • The office of State Secretary and Cabinet Secretary were merged again during Mutual Assistance Cabinet.
Yusril Ihza Mahendra 21 October 2004 9 May 2007 First United Indonesia Cabinet
  • Since 21 October 2004, the office were renamed as ''Minister of State Secretariat' (Indonesian: Menteri Sekretaris Negara). The name has remained since.
  • The office of Cabinet Secretary were separated again, with the appointment of Sudi Silalahi as Cabinet Secretary during First United Indonesia cabinet. The two offices has remained separate since.
Hatta Rajasa 9 May 2007 20 October 2009
Sudi Silalahi 22 October 2009 20 October 2014 Second United Indonesia Cabinet
Pratikno 27 October 2014 20 October 2024
Prasetyo Hadi 21 October 2024 incumbent Red and White Cabinet
  • The office of State Secretary and Cabinet Secretary were merged again during the Red and White Cabinet.
  • The Cabinet Secretary became a subordinate office of the State Secretary.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Indonesian: Kementerian Sekretariat Negara, abbreviated as Kemensetneg.

References

  1. ↑ Susanto, Ready. Mari Mengenal Kabinet Indonesia. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Susanto, Ready (20 January 2022). Mari Mengenal Kabinet Indonesia (in Indonesian). p. 68.
  3. ↑ Presidential Decision No. 194/1965. https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/13581/Keppres1941965.pdf
  4. ↑ Gaus, Ahmad (2009). Sang Pelintas Batas: Biografi Djohan Effendi (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Kompas. p. 197. ISBN 9786029556612.
  5. ↑ "Yusril: Mensesneg Tidak Punya Program Kerja". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-02-19.