Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia)

Republic of Indonesia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Kementerian Luar Negeri
Ministry of Foreign Affairs' building, taken in 1925
Ministry overview
Formed	19 August 1945
Jurisdiction	Government of Indonesia
Headquarters	Jalan Pejambon No. 6 Jakarta Pusat 10110 Jakarta, Indonesia
Ministers responsible	Retno Marsudi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry executives	Yohanes Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo, General Secretary for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuri Octavian Thamrin, General Director of Asia Pacific and African Affairs Dian Triansyah Djani, General Director of American and European Affairs I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja, General Director of ASEAN Cooperation Hasan Kleib, General Director of Multilateral Affairs Esti Andayani, General Director of Information and Public Diplomacy Ferry Adamhar, General Director of Legal Affairs and International Treaties Ahmad Rusdi, General Director of Protocol and Consular Affairs Muhammad Ibnu Said, Inspector General for Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Website	www.kemlu.go.id

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia) is a government ministry responsible for the country's foreign politics. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Foreign Affairs (Departemen Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia, better known as Deplu).

The name changed due to the new law about State Ministry of 2008 (UU 39/2008).

The ministry is one of the ministries that is mentioned in the Constitution of Indonesia, so the president has no authority to dissolve this ministry, compared to other ministries that are not mentioned in the Constitution of Indonesia.

Since October 2014, Retno Marsudi has served as Foreign Minister, succeeding Marty Natalegawa.

History

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was founded in 1945 following the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence from the Netherlands.^[1] The headquarters was initially located in the garage of the country's first Foreign Minister, Achmad Soebardjo, at Jl. Cikini 80-82 in Jakarta.^[1] The Ministry started with just six employees, including Hadi Thayeb.^[1]

Ministers

The Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Ministers are as follow:

History

The task and duty of Ministry of Foreign Affairs is different from time to time, is as follows:

1945–50

Their main duty through the aid of diplomacy:

1. Making every effort to gain sympathy and support from international community, building solidarity from partners of various fields through any effort to gain support and acknowledgement upon Indonesia’s independence
2. Conducting conferences and making agreements on:

• 1947 – Linggarjati Agreement – acknowledgement upon the Republic of Indonesia, which covered Java and Madura
• 1948 – Renville Agreement – acknowledgement upon the Republic of Indonesia, which covered Java and Sumatera
• 1949 – Round Table Conference – Indonesia was in the form of Federal State
• 1950 Indonesia’s diplomacy has restored the unity of all the regions in the republic of Indonesia by revoking the Round Table Conference.

The first five-year period of Indonesia’s independence was a period which decided the struggle to maintain the independence which was a part of the history to decide the character or the nature of Indonesia's foreign policy.

The spirit of Struggle Diplomacy has made Indonesia attain support from international community of the United Nations in the year 1950.

1966–98

The prominent duties are:

• The acknowledgement of West Irian
• The acknowledgement of Indonesia as an archipelagic country as the result of the struggle of the law of the sea – UNCLOS (United Nation Convention on Law of the Sea)
• The development of ASEAN Cooperation
• Making the effort of gaining international acknowledgement on East Timor
• Being the chairman to Non-Aligned Movement to struggle for the sake of developing countries
• Being the chairman to APEC and G-15
• Improving the co-operation of development

1998–present

The main duty is directed to:

1. Prevent nation disintegration potential
2. Attempt to help economic recovery
3. Attempt to improve the image of Indonesia
4. Improve the quality of serving and protecting the citizens of Indonesia

List of ministers

#	Portrait	Minister	Term Start	Term End
1		Achmad Soebardjo	2 September 1945	14 November 1945
2		Sutan Sjahrir	14 November 1945	3 July 1947
3		Agus Salim	3 July 1947	20 December 1949
—		Alexander Andries Maramis	19 December 1948	13 July 1949
(3)		Agus Salim	4 August 1949	20 December 1949
—		Mohammad Hatta	20 December 1949	6 September 1950
4		Mohammad Roem	6 September 1950	20 March 1951
(1)		Achmad Soebardjo	4 August 1951	20 December 1952
5		Wilopo	3 April 1952	29 April 1952
6		Moekarto Notowidigdo	3 April 1952	30 July 1953
7		Soenario	30 July 1953	12 August 1955
8		Ida Anak Agung Gde Agung	12 August 1955	24 March 1956
9		Ruslan Abdulgani	24 March 1956	9 April 1957
10		Subandrio	9 April 1957	28 March 1966
11		Adam Malik	28 March 1966	23 March 1978
12		Mochtar Kusumaatmadja	29 March 1978	21 March 1988
13		Ali Alatas	21 March 1988	20 October 1999
14		Alwi Shihab	26 October 1999	23 July 2001
15		Hassan Wirajuda	9 August 2001	20 October 2009
16		Marty Natalegawa	22 October 2009	20 October 2014
17		Retno Marsudi	27 October 2014	Present

See also

• Foreign relations of Indonesia

Literature

• Nabbs-Keller, Greta (April 2013). "Reforming Indonesia's Foreign Ministry: Ideas, Organization and Leadership". Contemporary Southeast Asia. 35 (1): 56–82. 

References

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in English)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs Template:Indo icon