Attorney General's Office of Indonesia

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Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia
Jaksa Agung Republik Indonesia
Insignia of the Attorney Office of the Republic of Indonesia.svg
JAKSAAGUNG,Sanitiar Burhanuddin.jpg
since 23 October 2019
Cabinet-level official
Seat Jakarta
Appointer President of Indonesia
Term length ran concurrently with the President who appointed them to the office
Formation19 August 1945;80 years ago (1945-08-19)
as a department within the Ministry of Justice
22 July 1960;65 years ago (1960-07-22)
as a standalone institution
First holder Gatot Taroenamihardja
Website www.kejaksaan.go.id

The Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian : Kejaksaan Agung Republik Indonesia, abbreviated as Kejagung) is the competent authority to advise the Government of Indonesia on matters of law. [1] It serves as the central organization for the Indonesian Public Prosecution Service (Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia). The Attorney General's Office is seated in the national capital Jakarta.

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The Office is headed by the Attorney General of Indonesia, who has the authority to represent the government at the Supreme Court of Indonesia and is a Cabinet-level official. The Office is not part of any justice portfolio or the Judiciary, however, as the cabinet has its own Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kementerian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia) with a separate Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia) that focuses on more technical matters and regulatory role making rather than executing the Supreme Court's order.

The Attorney-General also functions as a Solicitor General. Thus, the Attorney-General can represent the Government in the Supreme Court. The Attorney-General has the power to indict and prosecute alleged criminals. The term of office of the Attorney General was determined by the Constitutional Court of Indonesia in 2010 to be concurrent with the term of office of the President of Indonesia. [2] The current Attorney General of Indonesia Sanitiar Burhanuddin, who assumed office in October 2019.

Organization

The Attorney-General's Office headed the entire Indonesian Public Prosecution Service, with a nation-wide jurisdiction. Subordinated directly under it is the Office of the High Prosecutors, based in the provincial capital, with province-wide jurisdiction. [3] [4] [5]

Leadership elements

Leadership support elements

List of attorneys general of Indonesia

Attorneys GeneralTerm in Office
PortraitNameTerm startTerm end
Gatot Taroenamihardja, Jaksa Agung Indonesia.gif Gatot Taroenamihardja 19 August 194522 October 1945
Kasman Singodimedjo Jaksa Agung.gif Kasman Singodimejo 8 November 19456 May 1946
Tirtawinata.gif Tirtawinata 22 July 19461951
R. Soeprapto, Kami Perkenalkan (1954), p158.jpg Soeprapto 19511959
Gatot Taroenamihardja, Jaksa Agung Indonesia.gif Gatot Taroenamihardja

(interim)

1 April 195922 September 1959
Goenawan.gif Goenawan 31 December 19591962
R kadaroesman.gif Kadaroesman 19621964
Agustinus Sutardhio Mimbar Indonesia October 1964 Cover (cropped).jpg Agustinus Michael Suthardio 19641966
Sugiharto.jpg Soegih Arto 19661973
Ali Said - Fourth Development Cabinet.jpg Ali Said 4 April 197318 February 1981
Ismail Saleh - Fourth Development Cabinet.jpg Ismail Saleh 18 February 198130 May 1984
Indonesia Attorney General Hari suharto.gif Hari Suharto 4 June 198419 March 1988
Sukarton marmosujono.gif Sukarton Marmosujono 19 March 198829 June 1990
Singgih.gif Singgih 3 August 199014 March 1998
Indonesia Attorney General Soedjono Chanafiah.gif Soedjono Chanafiah Atmonegoro 20 March 199815 June 1998
Andi Ghalib Jaksa Agung.gif Andi Muhammad Ghalib 15 June 199814 June 1999
Ismudjoko.jpg Ismudjoko

(Interim)

14 June 199920 October 1999
Marzuki darusman.JPG Marzuki Darusman 29 October 19991 June 2001
Baharuddin Lopa.gif Baharuddin Lopa 6 June 20013 July 2001
Suparman

(Interim)

4 July 20019 July 2001
Marsillam Simanjuntak.gif Marsillam Simanjuntak 10 July 20019 August 2001
Suparman

(Interim)

10 August 200114 August 2001
Ma rachman.gif Muhammad Abdul Rachman 14 August 200121 October 2004
Indonesia Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh.gif Abdul Rahman Saleh 21 October 20049 May 2007
Hendarman Supandji.jpg Hendarman Supandji 9 May 200724 September 2010
Wakil Jaksa Agung RI, Darmono.jpg Darmono

(Interim)

24 September 201026 November 2010
Indonesian Attorney General Basrief arief.jpg Basrief Arief 26 November 201020 October 2014
Andhi Nirwanto (4).jpg Andhi Nirwanto

(Interim)

21 October 201420 November 2014
H.M. Prasetyo.jpg Muhammad Prasetyo 20 November 201421 October 2019
Arminsyah.jpg Arminsyah

(Interim)

21 October 201923 October 2019
JAKSAAGUNG,Sanitiar Burhanuddin.jpg Sanitiar Burhanuddin 23 October 2019Incumbent
Died in office

Buildings of the attorney general's office

The Hoggerechtshof te Batavia building (left) next to the Paleis van Daendels overlooking the Waterlooplein. Currently, both structure were within the Finance Ministry complex. Paleis van Daendels met kantoren en Hooggerechtshof aan het Waterlooplein te Batavia, KITLV 91853.tif
The Hoggerechtshof te Batavia building (left) next to the Paleis van Daendels overlooking the Waterlooplein. Currently, both structure were within the Finance Ministry complex.

The Attorney General's Office began at a time when the authority to prosecute and to adjudicate were unseparated. Its first office were shared with the first Supreme Court building complex in 2-4 Lapangan Banteng Timur street, nearby the Waterloosplein (now Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta). The building were previously used as the Hoggerechtshof te Batavia (an appellate court named the High Court of Batavia, now High Court of Jakarta), and currently it is occupied and managed by the Ministry of Finance, who also occupied and managed the Paleis van Daendels building next door. [6]

The Hoggerechtshof building that were designed by architect Ir. Tramp and completed in 1825 during governor general Du Bus' tenure, were initially used as the headquarters of the Governors General of the Dutch East Indies. Then on 1 May 1848, the building were used by the recently established Departement van Justitie (Department of Justice), which oversaw the court system and the administration of justice in the colony. Sometimes later, the classical style building with six pillars on the front were fully used as the Hoggerechtshof, which included the prosecutor's office. [6]

Throughout the early Indonesian independence period, the prosecutor's office remained attached to the court in Jakarta, which through the Government Edict No. 9/1946, established Jakarta — and by extension the Hoggerechtshof building — as the seat of the Indonesian Supreme Court. Through the 1947 Act on the Organization and Authority of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General's Office (Indonesian : Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 1947 tentang Susunan Organisasi dan Kekuasaan Mahkamah Agung dan Kejaksaan Agung), it reaffirmed the relation between the supreme court and the attorney general's office. [7]

Main building of Attorney General's Office of Indonesia after the 2020 Fire. Main Building of General Attorney of Indonesia after 2020 Fire.jpg
Main building of Attorney General's Office of Indonesia after the 2020 Fire.

Later with the promulgation of the 1961 Public Prosecution Service Act (Indonesian : Undang-Undang Nomor 15 Tahun 1961 tentang Ketentuan Pokok Kejaksaan), the attorney general's office were separated from the supreme court. In 1968 during the tenure of Attorney General Soegih Arto, the Office were moved out from the Supreme Court building to a site in 1 Sultan Hassanuddin street in Kebayoran Baru, which is its current site. [8]

On 22 August 2020, the main building of the Attorney General's office complex caught on fire. [9] The old building was demolished and was rebuilt. It was completed in late 2022. [10]

References

  1. "indonesia.go.id". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  2. Global Legal Monitor
  3. "PERPRES No. 15 Tahun 2021 tentang Perubahan Kedua atas Peraturan Presiden Nomor 38 Tahun 2010 tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia [JDIH BPK RI]". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. "PERPRES No. 29 Tahun 2016 tentang Perubahan Atas Peraturan Presiden Nomor 38 Tahun 2010 Tentang Organisasi Dan Tata Kerja Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia [JDIH BPK RI]". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. "PERPRES No. 38 Tahun 2010 tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia [JDIH BPK RI]". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  6. 1 2 ASH. "Dari Warisan Kolonial ke Tanah Bekas". hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  7. "UU No. 7 Tahun 1947 tentang Susunan dan Kekuasaan Mahkamah Agung dan Kejaksaan Agung [JDIH BPK RI]". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  8. "Sejarah Gedung Utama Kejagung Diresmikan Soegih Arto, Terbakar Di Era ST Burhanuddin - REQnews.com". www.reqnews.com (in Indonesian). 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  9. Media, Kompas Cyber (2020-10-24). "5 Temuan soal Kebakaran Gedung Kejaksaan Agung, dari Penyebab hingga Tersangka Halaman all". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  10. Toriq, Ahmad (23 December 2022). "Ini Penampakan Hasil Pembangunan Gedung Kejagung Usai Kebakaran 2020". Detik. Retrieved 20 August 2023.