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Foreign Minister of Indonesia

Republic of Indonesia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kementerian Luar Negeri
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COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het gebouw van de Volksraad te Batavia gelegen in het Hertogspark tussen het Koningsplein-Oost en Waterlooplein TMnr 60010973.jpg
Ministry of Foreign Affairs' building, taken in 1925
Ministry overview
Formed 19 August 1945
Jurisdiction 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.

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

The Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Ministers are as follow:

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

Their main duty through the aid of diplomacy:

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.

The prominent duties are:

The main duty is directed to:


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