Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Indonesia)

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Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Kementerian Kebudayaan
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Ministry overview
FormedMarch 31, 1966
20 October 2024;55 days ago (2024-10-20)
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction Government of Indonesia
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Giring Ganesha, Deputy Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Website kebudayaan.kemdikbud.go.id

The Ministry of Culture Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian : Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, abbreviated as Kemenkebud RI or Kemenkebud) is a ministry within the Indonesian Government tasked with organizing government affairs in the field of cultural advancement objects, cultural heritage, and other cultures. The Ministry of Culture Affairs is led by the minister of culture affairs who since October 21, 2024 has been Fadli Zon.

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History

The discourse on the establishment of the Indonesian Ministry of Culture was put forward since 1945, a number of cultural figures, artists, and community leaders held a cultural conference in December in Sukabumi, West Java. [1]

The nomenclature Culture was first used in the Syahrir III Cabinet as part of the Ministry of Education and Culture. Since then, cultural matters have become the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Culture. In the Second Revised Dwikora Cabinet, a separate Ministry of Culture Affairs was formed, but it was merged again with the Ministry of Education and Culture in subsequent periods. In the Seventh Development Cabinet, cultural responsibilities were united into the Ministry of Tourism and lasted until the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, after which cultural responsibilities returned to being part of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

President Prabowo Subianto planned to form a Ministry of Culture Affairs in his campaign. After being elected, the promise was realized by appointing Fadli Zon as the second minister of culture affairs. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Organizational structure

Based on Presidential Decree No. 190/2024, the Ministry of Culture [6] is organized into the following:

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