The Ministry of Home Affairs ( id, Kementerian Dalam Negeri or ''Kemendagri'') is a ministry of the Government of Indonesia responsible for internal matters of the

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. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Home Affairs ( Indonesian: ''Departemen Dalam Negeri Republik Indonesia'', abbreviated as ''Depdagri'') until 2010 when the nomenclature of the Department of Home Affairs was changed to the Ministry of Home Affairs in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 3 of 2010 concerning the Nomenclature of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is headed by the

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. Starting 23 October 2019,

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held this office.

History

The Indonesian Department of Home of Affairs traces its origin to the ''Departement van Binnenlands Bestuur'' of the Dutch East Indies Government. Its main function was to oversee

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force, transmigration, and agrarian matters. It existed until 1942, the year of the Japanese invasion. During the Japanese occupation (1942-1945) the name was changed to ''Naimubu'' (). Its function was expanded to oversee religious, social, health, education, pedagogic, and cultural matters. ''Naimubu'' maintained its operations from its office at Jalan Sagara no. 7

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until 1945. On 19 August 1945 ''Naimubu'' was split into several departments: *Department of Home Affairs (''Departemen Dalam Negeri''); at the time, still overseeing religious matters; Religious matters would eventually be handed over to the newly established Department of Religious Affairs * Department of Social Affairs *

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* Department of Education, Teaching, and Culture The Department of Home Affairs was the first government department established under the Presidential Cabinet of Indonesia following independence. Due to changes of political situation and the constitution, the department was renamed several times. The nomenclature "''Departemen Dalam Negeri''" (Department of Home Affairs) was changed to "''Kementerian Dalam Negeri''" (Ministry of Home Affairs) in 2010.

Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the ministry are the formulation, determination and implementation of policies related to political and general governance; regional autonomy; development of regional and village administration and matters of governance; regional development and finance as well as demographics and civil records. it also reviews laws passed by provincial legislatures. The home affairs minister officially inaugurates elected provincial governors on behalf of the president. If both the president and the vice president are unable to carry out their duties, Article 8 of the

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states that they are replaced by a three-person team comprising the minister of foreign affairs, minister of home affairs and minister of defence pending the selection of a president and vice-President by the People's Consultative Assembly within thirty days.

Organization

Based on Article 4 of Presidential Regulation No. 11/2015 on the Ministry of Home Affairs, as well as Home Minister Regulation No. 13/2021 on the Organization and Administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the ministry is organized into the following:

Executive

* Minister of Home Affairs (), who heads the entire ministry and is a member of the cabinet. * Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (), who assists the Minister in performance of his duties

Directorates General

* Directorate General of Politics and General Governance () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning politics and general governance. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: ** DG Secretariat ** Directorate of National Ideology, Character, and Vision () ** Directorate of Internal Politics () ** Directorate of Economic, Social, and Cultural Resilience () ** Directorate of Civil Organization () ** Directorate of National Vigilance () * Directorate General of Territorial Administration () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning territorial administration. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: ** DG Secretariat ** Directorate of Deconsentration, Coadministration, and Cooperation () ** Directorate of Territory, Urban Affairs, and State Border () ** Directorate of Municipal Police and Public Safety () ** Directorate of Toponym and Regional Border () ** Directorate of Disaster and Fire Management () * Directorate General of Regional Autonomy () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning regional autonomy. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: ** DG Secretariat ** Directorate of Regional Arrangement, Special Autonomy, and Regional Autonomy Advisory Council () ** Directorate of Regional Executive and Legislature Facilitation () ** Directorate of Regional Legislation () ** Directorate of Regional Performance Evaluation and Capacity Building () * Directorate General of Regional Development () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning regional development. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: ** DG Secretariat ** Directorate of Regional Development Planning, Evaluation, and Information () ** Directorate of Regional Governance Synchronization I (), concerning regional government's land use and spatial planning, energy and mineral resources, agriculture and food, forestry, and environmental affairs ** Directorate of Regional Governance Synchronization II (), concerning regional government's public works, housing and settlements, marine affairs and fisheries, transportation, communication and information, statistics, and ciphers ** Directorate of Regional Governance Synchronization III (), concerning regional government's public health, sociocultural affairs, cooperatives and SMEs, investment, industries, trade, tourism, village empowerment, and home administration ** Directorate of Regional Governance Synchronization IV (), concerning regional government's education, labor, transmigration, women and child affairs, population control and planned family affairs, youth, sports, libraries, and archives. * Directorate General of Villages Governance () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning governance of

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. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: ** DG Secretariat ** Directorate of Village Governance Planning and Administration () ** Directorate of Village Bureaucracy Facilitation and Capacity Building () ** Directorate of Village Finance and Assets Facilitation () ** Directorate of Village Institutions and Cooperation () ** Directorate of Village Development Evaluation () * Directorate General of Regional Finance () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning regional finances. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: ** Directorate of Regional Budget Planning () ** Directorate of Regional Budget Realization and Accountability () ** Directorate of Regional Income () ** Directorate of Regional Balancing Fund and Loans () ** Directorate of Region-Owned Enterprise, Public Service, and Property () * Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning population and civil registration. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: ** DG Secretariat ** Directorate of Population Documentation () ** Directorate of Civil Registration () ** Directorate of Population Administration Information Management () ** Directorate of Population and Civil Registration Apparatus () ** Directorate of Population Data and Document Utilization ()

Secretariat

Secretariat General () is headed by a Secretary General, tasked with providing administrative support for all units within the ministry.

Inspectorate

Inspectorate General () is headed by an Inspector General, tasked with internal supervision over all units within the ministry. * IG Secretariat * Inspectorate I * Inspectorate II * Inspectorate III * Inspectorate IV * Special Inspectorate (), authorized to conduct special inspection, public complaints response, inspection prior to administrative sanctions, as well as other coordinative duties.

Agencies

* Research and Development Agency () * Human Resource Development Agency ()

Advisory Staffs

* Advisor to the Minister on Law and National Unity () * Advisor to the Minister on Governance () * Advisor to the Minister on Social and Interinstitutional Relations () * Advisor to the Minister on Economic and Development Affairs () * Advisor to the Minister on Apparatus and Public Service ()

Logo gallery

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References

Literature

* {{authority control Government ministries of Indonesia

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