Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia)

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 police 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 (内務部). 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 Djakarta until 1945.[2] 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
• Department of Health
• 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

If both the president and the vice president are unable to carry out their duties, Article 8 of the Constitution 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.[5][6]

Based on Article 4 of Presidential Decree No. 11/2015 on the Ministry of Home Affairs, the ministry is organized into the following:[4]

• Office of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
• Secretariat General
• Directorate General of Politics and Public Administration
• Directorate General of Territorial Administration
• Directorate General of Regional Autonomy
• Directorate General of Regional Development
• Directorate General of Village Governance
• Directorate General of Regional Finance
• Directorate General of Demographics and Civil Records
• Inspectorate General
• Agency for Research and Development
• Agency for Human Resource Development
• Special Advisor on Law and National Unity
• Special Advisor on Governance
• Special Advisor on Social Affairs and Inter-agency Relations
• Special Advisor on Economics and Development
• Special Advisor on Civil Servants and Public Service

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  Logo of the Ministry of Home Affairs (2009–2020)
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  Logo of the Ministry of Home Affairs (2020–present)

• Municipal Police (Indonesia)

• Butt, Simon; Lindsey, Tim (2012). The Constitution of Indonesia: A Contextual Analysis. Hart Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84113-018-7.