The Ministry of Manpower (

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

: Kementerian Ketenagakerjaan) of the Republic of Indonesia is a government ministry responsible for the workers and labour laws of

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The minister is currently Ida Fauziyah since 23 October 2019.

History

The Ministry of Manpower was founded in 1947, two years after independence, after sections of the Ministry of Social Affairs were separated in accordance with Government Regulation 3 signed on July 27 that year to form the ministry, which is responsible for the implementation of state policies on the labor sector. The first minister was S. K. Trimurti, who reported to Prime Minister Amir Sjarifuddin, who was faced with the huge job of preparing national policies and programs to help the labor force cope with the then ongoing National Revolution.

Organization

The Ministry of Manpower is a full ministry of the Cabinet of the Republic and is organized in the following manner as other ministries: * Office of the Deputy Minister * Secretariat General for Manpower * Directorates General ** Directorate General of Training and Productivity Development ** Directorate General of Development of Workforce Placement and Expansion of Job Opportunities ** Directorate General of Industrial Relations Development and Workers' Social Security ** Directorate General of Labor Inspection Development and Occupational Safety and Health * Inspectorate General * Employment Planning and Development Center * Expert Staff Offices of the Ministry ** International Labor Cooperation ** Public Policies on Labor ** Economic Affairs and Human Resources ** Inter-Institutional Relations

Ministers

References

External links

{{authority control Government ministries of Indonesia