Ministry of Hajj and Umrah (Indonesia)

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Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
Kementerian Haji dan Umrah
Lambang Kementerian Haji dan Umrah Republik Indonesia (2025).svg
Agency overview
Formed21 June 1965;60 years ago (1965-06-21) (first iteration)
8 September 2025;47 days ago (2025-09-08)
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction Government of Indonesia
HeadquartersJl. Lap. Banteng Barat No.3–4, Pasar Baru, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta, Jakarta
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah
Website www.haji.go.id

The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah (Indonesian : Kementerian Haji dan Umrah) is a ministry within the executive government that is under and responsible to the President of Indonesia. This ministry is tasked with organizing the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages in accordance with statutory provisions. This ministry is an upgrade of the Hajj Management Authority and a merger of the authority of the Directorate General of Hajj and Umrah Organization from the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. [1]

It is only one among two kinds of such ministry in the world after the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, [2] and also the 49th ministry of the Red and White Cabinet. [3]

History

The nomenclature of Hajj affairs was initially in the Department of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Home Affairs) in 1945. Then Hajj and mosque affairs were transferred to the Department of Religious Affairs in 1946. [4] In 1950, Department of Religious Affairs formed Hajj Division under its secretariat. [5] Until 1963, Hajj affairs managed by this small division until it elevated to a bureau-level, Hajj Bureau. [5] The Hajj Bureau was then upgraded to the ministry-level Department of Hajj Affairs in 1965 during Dwikora Cabinet. [5] [6] Department of Hajj Affairs was subordinate of the coordinating ministry-level Compartment Ministry of Religious Affairs (elevation of the Department of Religious Affairs), until 1966, when the Department of Hajj was merged to the then-simplified Department of Religious Affairs during Ampera Cabinet. [7]

At its brief existence in 1965-1966 period, Department of Hajj Affairs was led by Prof. Farid Ma'ruf, a Muhammadiyah ulama previously trained at Nahdlatul Ulama affiliated pesantren Tremas Pesantren and Al-Irshad Al-Islamiya schools, and a graduate of Al-Azhar University. [5] [8] Despite only existed for 1 year, the department under Ma'ruf ministry successfully established the foundation of the state-run hajj services. The department responsibilities re-assumed by Department of Religious Affairs on 25 July 1966, and Department of Hajj Affairs converted to Directorate General of Hajj Affairs, with Ma'ruf then become its director general. [5] Directorate General of Hajj Affairs retained until 1978, when it briefly subsumed to the Directorate General of Islamic Community Guidance forming the Directorate General of Islamic Community Guidance and Hajj Affairs only to be absorbed fully as the Directorate General of Islamic Community Guidance in 1979. [9] Then in 2006, Hajj affairs were separated again from the Directorate of Islamic Community Guidance, and a new directorate general was formed with Umrah affairs added, forming Directorate General of Hajj and Umrah. [10]

Subsequently, in 2024, a special agency was established to manage Hajj affairs, [11] called Hajj Management Authority, with most of its duties and functions transferred from the Directorate General of Hajj and Umrah. The directorate general's functions were then fully transferred after the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah was established in August 2025. [12]

On 8 September 2025, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah officially formed by inauguration of the minister and deputy minister. Mochamad Irfan Yusuf and Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak elevated from their posts as Minister and Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah. [2]

Around "more than 200" employees of the formerly Directorate General of Hajj and Umrah of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and 50 employees of the Ministry of Health will be transferred to the new ministry, joining the former Hajj Management Authority to become the part of the new ministry. [13] Some attorneys of the Attorney General also moved to the ministry, along with former other ministerial staffs of various ministries and become part of first 400 ministry employees. [14]

Reference

  1. ↑ "DPR Sahkan RUU Haji Jadi UU, BP Haji Kini Berubah Jadi Kementerian Haji dan Umrah". Kompas.com. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Menteri Haji Dilantik, AMPHURI: Satu-Satunya di Dunia Selain Arab Saudi". Republika (in Indonesian). 2025-09-09. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  3. ↑ "Gus Irfan jadi Menteri Haji, Pimpin Kementerian ke-49 Kabinet Prabowo". www.emitennews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  4. ↑ "Sekilas Tentang Kementerian Agama". Diskominfo Kabupaten Bintan. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Urusan Haji Government to Government".
  6. ↑ "Kabinet Dwikora I". Sekretariat Kabinet Republik Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  7. ↑ Simanjuntak, P. N. H. (2003). Kabinet-Kabinet Republik Indonesia: Dari Awal Kemerdekaan Sampai Reformasi. Jakarta: Djambatan. ISBN   979-428-499-8.
  8. ↑ "Mengenal Kiaf Farid Ma'ruf: Dari Cuci Piring di Mesir hingga Promosi Perjuangan Kemerdekaan Indonesia ke Dunia Arab!". suara.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  9. ↑ "Sejarah Direktorat Jenderal Bimbingan Masyarakat Islam" . Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Peraturan Menteri Agama Nomor 3 Tahun 2006" (PDF). Kantor Kementerian Agama Provinsi Jawa Timur. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Kemenag Dipecah Jadi 2 Badan 1 Kementerian, Penyelenggaraan Haji Jadi Tanggung Jawab BPH". ERAKINI.ID (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  12. ↑ "DPR Sahkan RUU Haji Jadi UU, BP Haji Kini Berubah Jadi Kementerian Haji dan Umrah". Kompas.com. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "SOTK Ditarget Rampung November, 250 Pegawai Kemenag-Kemkes Geser ke Kementerian Haji". Inilah (in Indonesian). 2025-10-13.
  14. ↑ "400 Calon Pejabat dan ASN Kemenhaj Bakal Di-Tracking dan Screening Intel Kejagung". Kompas (in Indonesian). 2025-09-30.
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