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Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia

Republic of Indonesia
Ministry of Education and Culture
Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
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Ministry overview
Formed 19 August 1945
Jurisdiction  Indonesia
Headquarters Jalan Jenderal Sudirman
Senayan
Jakarta Pusat 10270
Jakarta, Indonesia
Minister responsible
  • Muhajir Effendy, Minister for Education and Culture
Website www.kemdikbud.go.id

The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud; Indonesian: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan) is a government ministry which organise early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education and community education affairs and the management of culture within the Indonesian government. The ministry formerly organise higher education affairs until the presidency of Joko Widodo where higher education affairs was transferred to the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education.

The ministry was first named The Ministry of Teaching (Indonesian: Kementerian Pengajaran) and the first person who held the position was Ki Hadjar Dewantara.

Since July 2016, Muhajir Effendy has served as Minister of Education and Culture, succeeding Anies Baswedan.

The ministry organisations consists of:


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