Ministry of State Secretariat

Kementerian Sekretariat Negara
Seal of the Ministry of State Secretariat
Ministry overview
Formed	19 August 1945 (1945-08-19)
Jurisdiction	Government of Indonesia
Headquarters	No. 17-18 Veteran St. Central Jakarta 10110 Jakarta, Indonesia
Minister responsible	Pratikno, Minister of State Secretariat
Website	www.setneg.go.id

The Ministry of State Secretariat (Indonesian: Kementerian Sekretariat Negara) is a 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 state secretariat is Pratikno, who previously served as Rector of Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta.^[1]

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 for the president, vice president, their households, and visiting foreign head of states/head of governments;
4. Providing technical, administrative, and analytical support concerning 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 the 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 latest regulations, which are the Presidential Regulation No. 31/2020 on the Ministry of State Secretariat and the State Secretariat Ministerial Regulation No. 5/2020 on the Organization of the State Secretariat, the ministry organizational structure is as follows:^[2]

Executive

• State Secretary Minister (Indonesian: Menteri Sekretaris Negara), abbreviated into Mensesneg or simply Sesneg, heads the Ministry and its entire civil service personnel. The State Secretary is also a member of the Cabinet.

Secretariats

• Ministerial Secretariat (Indonesian: Sekretariat Kementerian), headed by a Ministerial Secretary, tasked with providing general administrative support of the entire ministry. The secretariat is subdivided into:
  1. Bureau of Public Relations (Biro Hubungan Masyarakat);
  2. Bureau of Information, Data, and Technology (Biro Informasi, Data, dan Teknologi);
  3. Bureau of Administrative Support and Presidential Archive (Biro Tata Usaha dan Arsip Kepresidenan);
  4. Bureau of International Technical Cooperation (Biro Kerja Sama Teknik Luar Negeri);
  5. Bureau of Finance (Biro Keuangan);
  6. Bureau of Planning (Biro Perencanaan); and
  7. Bureau of General Affairs (Biro Umum).
• Presidential Secretariat (Indonesian: Sekretariat Presiden), headed by a Chief of Presidential Secretariat, tasked with providing technical and administrative support for the president's household, protocols, press, and media, including the management of the Presidential Palaces and the presidential medical team. The presidential secretariat is subdivided into:
  1. Deputy of Administrative Affairs and Palace Management (Deputi Bidang Administrasi dan Pengelolaan Istana); and
  2. Deputy of Protocols, Press, and Media (Deputi Bidang Protokol, Pers, dan Media).
• Vice-presidential Secretariat (Indonesian: Sekretariat Wakil Presiden), headed by a Chief of Vice-presidential Secretariat, tasked with providing technical and administrative support for the vice president's household, protocols, as well as providing governance support and policy analysis. The vice-presidential secretariat is subdivided into:
  1. Deputy of the Support for Economic Development Policies and Competitiveness Promotion (Deputi Bidang Dukungan Kebijakan Pembangunan Ekonomi dan Peningkatan Daya Saing);
  2. Deputy of the Support for Human Development Policies and Equitable Development (Deputi Bidang Dukungan Kebijakan Pembangunan Manusia dan Pemerataan Pembangunan);
  3. Deputy of the Support for Governance Policies and National Outlook (Deputi Bidang Dukungan Kebijakan Pemerintahan dan Wawasan Kebangsaan); and
  4. Deputy of Administrative Affairs (Deputi Bidang Administrasi).
• Presidential Military Secretariat (Indonesian: Sekretariat Militer Presiden), headed by a Presidential Military Secretary, tasked with providing technical and administrative support for the president's role as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, especially in regards to appointments and dismissals of officers of the national armed forces and the national police force, bestowing state awards, titles, and honors, as well as security coordination of the president, vice president, their household, or visiting foreign head of state/head of government. The Military Secretariat also manages the adjutant for the President, Vice President, and their respective spouses. The Presidential Military Secretariat is subdivided into:
  1. Bureau of Armed Forces and Police Force Personnel (Biro Personel Tentara Nasional Indonesia dan Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia);
  2. Bureau of Security Details (Biro Pengamanan);
  3. Bureau of Titles, Medals, and State Honors (Biro Gelar, Tanda Jasa, dan Tanda Kehormatan); and
  4. Bureau of General Affairs (Biro Umum).

Deputy Secretaries

• Deputy Secretary on Legislations and Legal Administration (Indonesian: Deputi Bidang Perundang-undangan dan Administrasi Hukum), tasked with providing technical, administrative, and analysis support on legislation drafting, litigations, and other legal issues involving presidential and vice-presidential office, drafting of presidential decisions on clemency, amnesty, abolition of criminal punishments, rehabilitation, remission of criminal punishments, as well as issues on citizenship, extradition, and Indonesian membership in international organizations. The deputy secretary is assisted by:
  1. Assistant Deputy Secretary on Legal Administration (Asisten Deputi Administrasi Hukum);
  2. Assistant Deputy Secretary on Economic Affairs (Asisten Deputi Perekonomian);
  3. Assistant Deputy Secretary on Human Development and Cultural Affairs (Asisten Deputi Pembangunan Manusia dan Kebudayaan);
  4. Assistant Deputy Secretary on Home Governance and Regional Autonomy (Asisten Deputi Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri dan Otonomi Daerah); and
  5. Assistant Deputy Secretary on Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Asisten Deputi Politik, Hukum, dan Keamanan).
• Deputy Secretary on Institutional and Public Relations (Indonesian: Deputi Bidang Hubungan Kelembagaan dan Kemasyarakatan), tasked with providing technical, administrative, and analysis support on maintenance of relations with other state institutions, non-structural institutions, regional institutions, public organizations, and political organizations. The deputy secretary is assisted by:
  1. Assistant Deputy Secretary on State and Government Institutional Relations (Asisten Deputi Hubungan Lembaga Negara dan Lembaga Pemerintah);
  2. Assistant Deputy Secretary on Non-government Institutional Relations (Asisten Deputi Hubungan Lembaga Non Pemerintah);
  3. Assistant Deputy Secretary on Public Complaints (Asisten Deputi Pengaduan Masyarakat); and
  4. Assistant Deputy Secretary on Policy Materials Management (Asisten Deputi Pengelolaan Bahan Kebijakan).
• Deputy Secretary on State Apparatus Administration (Indonesian: Deputi Bidang Administrasi Aparatur), tasked with providing technical, administrative, and analysis support on appointments, dismissals, and retirements of state officials, government officials, other officials, and civil servants, as well as bureaucratic reform and internal legal advocacy and litigations of the ministry. The deputy secretary is assisted by:
  1. Bureau on State Officials Administration (Biro Administrasi Pejabat Negara);
  2. Bureau on Government Officials Administration (Biro Administrasi Pejabat Pemerintahan);
  3. Bureau on Organization, Administration, Legal Affairs, and Bureaucratic Reform (Biro Organisasi, Tata Laksana, Hukum, dan Reformasi Birokrasi); and
  4. Bureau on Human Resources (Biro Sumber Daya Manusia)

Advisory Staff to the Minister

• Advisor to the Minister on Politics, Defense, and Security (Staf Ahli Bidang Politik, Pertahanan, dan Keamanan), tasked with providing the minister with analysis and recommendations on political, defense, and security issues;
• Advisor to the Minister on Economic, Maritime, Human Development, and Culture (Staf Ahli Bidang Ekonomi, Maritim, Pembangunan Manusia dan Kebudayaan), tasked with providing the minister with analysis and recommendations on economic, maritime, human development, and cultural issues;
• Advisor to the Minister on Legal, Human Rights, and Governance (Staf Ahli Bidang Hukum, Hak Asasi Manusia, dan Pemerintahan), tasked with providing the minister with analysis and recommendations on legal, human rights, and governance issues;
• Advisor to the Minister on State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform (Staf Ahli Bidang Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi), tasked with providing the minister with analysis and recommendations on state apparatus and bureaucratic reform issues; and
• Advisor to the Minister on Political Communication and Public Relations (Staf Ahli Bidang Komunikasi Politik dan Kehumasan), tasked with providing the minister with analysis and recommendations on political communication and public relations issues

Inspectorate

• Ministerial Inspectorate (Indonesian: Inspektorat Kementerian), headed by an Inspector, tasked with providing internal monitoring within the ministry

Centers

• Center for Apparatus Competence Development (Indonesian: Pusat Pengembangan Kompetensi Aparatur Sipil Negara), tasked with educating and training State Secretariat personnel;
• Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex Managing Center (Indonesian: Pusat Pengelolaan Komplek Gelanggang Olahraga Bung Karno), tasked with managing Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Senayan, Jakarta; and
• Kemayoran Complex Managing Center (Indonesian: Pusat Pengelolaan Komplek Kemayoran), tasked with managing state assets in Kemayoran, Jakarta.

Special Staff to the Minister

• Special Staff to the Minister on Legal Affairs
• Special Staff to the Minister on Political and Institutional Communications
• Special Staff to the Minister on Institutional and Human Resources Transformation
• Special Staff to the Minister on Social and Cultural Affairs

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	Third Working Cabinet Fourth Working Cabinet Dwikora Cabinet Revised Dwikora Cabinet Second Revised Dwikora Cabinet	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.[3] Ichsan was reappointed Minister/State Secretary on 13 December 1963, while Soerjoadiningrat was made Minister/Cabinet Presidium Secretary.[4] He would be appointed acting Minister/State Secretary around June 1965.[5] 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	Ampera Cabinet First Development Cabinet	In 1972, Alamsyah was appointed Ambassador to the Netherlands until 1974, where he resigned due to illness.
	Sudharmono	8 April 1972	21 March 1988	First Development Cabinet Second Development Cabinet Third Development Cabinet Fourth Development Cabinet	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	Fifth Development Cabinet Sixth Development Cabinet
	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.[6]
	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[7]	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	incumbent	Working Cabinet Onward Indonesia Cabinet